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FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... obligations across every party, it will just add to the cost. He notes there is a need for platforms to keep upgrading their technology to keep pace with increasingly sophisticated investment portfolios. To meet the demand, Wamsteker says it's important ...

Infinity AM wins SMID fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... 10-year period versus the benchmark's 5.1% p.a. At the end of May, the top holdings included AUB Group, Macquarie Technology Group, Paladin Energy and PEXA Group. The fund had $66.5 million in assets at the time. Ironbark recently consolidated its ...

ASIC boasts $830m record civil penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... financial year alone, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed. The FOI obtained by Lambros Photios, the founder of technology services and artificial intelligence (AI) consultancy Adaca, showed ASIC already clocked $423.8 million in civil penalties ...

Perpetual rejects another EQT AB bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... presence in Australia. Last year, EQT's BPEA Mid-Market Growth Partnership fund took a major stake in property technology firm PropertyMe. This transaction marks EQT Private Capital Asia's third platform software investment in Australia and the ...

SS&C axes jobs, shifts roles offshore

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
US software services giant SS&C Technologies has slashed 170 Australian roles in the operations, technology and delivery teams. Last year, Insignia Financial struck a deal with SS&C to outsource about 1300 staff who worked in its master trust business ...

UniSuper backs tech despite AI caution

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
UniSuper has reaffirmed its conviction in the global technology sector after delivering another year of double-digit returns in its Balanced option. Despite acknowledging technology is likely to continue its stellar run the fund warned valuations in ...

FY26 ASX listings sat below five-year average

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2026
... artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure, including data centre assets, while metals and mining, defence technology, energy transition and income-focused vehicles continue to feature prominently."

Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026
... $85 billion under management," Bryant said. "Underpinning that growth is our ongoing investment program in personnel, technology, systems and processes which is strengthening the fund for the benefit of members." Mercer recently reported its financial ...

NAB-owned WealthHub cops $1m ASIC fine

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026
... January 2023," ASIC said. The panel further stressed market participants are responsible for regularly reviewing their technology systems and ensuring they have staff with the expertise to identify and resolve report deficiencies. WealthHub, a wholly ...

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026
... engagement experience to some 66,000 members. Australian Food Super will be the first fund to implement InvestStream's technology ahead of a pipeline of other funds still in development, InvestStream said. RetireSmart+ combines retirement modelling ...