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AustralianSuper hires head of AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... created role. Sarah Carney joins AustralianSuper from Microsoft where she spent a decade, most recently as national chief technology officer for Australia and New Zealand. AustralianSuper chief platforms officer Mike Backeberg said appointing Carney ...

Vital Business Partners names chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... Financial Group, Westpac and Macquarie Group previously. As chief executive, Fisher will support the firm's adoption of new technology like automation and artificial intelligence (AI), improve cyber security and risk management, while scaling the business ...

SIAA focuses mission on building prosperity for investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... members in the market what our role is, and we want to call out how we are focusing on the changing dynamics, such as technology and client behaviours for the future." The association is driving home several strategic imperatives: advocacy, lifting industry ...

Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
Project Acacia, the brainchild of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) to explore a tokenised wholesale asset ecosystem in Australia, has completed its experimental and research phase, which has ...

QIC Ventures helps raise $25m for defence tech company

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
QIC Ventures has led the $25 million raise for homegrown defence technology manufacturer Arkeus, which can detect targets eight times further than competitors. Arkeus is used by the Australian Army and US Department of Defense, also known as the US ...

HeirWealth partners with ViewTrade

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... to global execution capability and distribution reach that genuinely complements what HeirWealth has built in wealth technology," Tubman said. "ViewTrade's capital markets infrastructure and our reporting and analytics platform are a natural fit ...

Plato launches global shares ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... said. "PGI2 gives investors income exposure to sectors the ASX doesn't offer at scale, including global healthcare, technology, and consumer staples, without giving up yield. "Importantly, this strategy delivers income for clients purely from the cash ...

Low fees a strong indicator of fund survivorship: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... strategies emerged as clear beneficiaries. "The results reflect the increasingly concentrated market environment shaped by a technology-led rally," Morningstar said. The funds with the cheapest fees recorded a success ratio of 67%, compared with just ...

Aussie investors entering 'regime shift': VanEck

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... has rallied more than 50% over the past year on the back of strong copper prices and demand for critical minerals, technology stocks have struggled amid valuation pressure and concerns around AI disruption. VanEck said mid-cap companies have also outperformed ...

AI to outweigh inflation fears in fixed income markets: Allspring

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... overlooking the longer-term disinflationary impact of AI and technological productivity gains. "AI is fundamentally a technology of abundance," Wise said. "It is a positive supply shock. It is disinflationary." Wise compared current investor sentiment ...