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Australia's family offices surpass $323bn in assets

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... emerged as an increasingly important segment of the investment market, often being used as a vehicle to diversify family asset exposures," Rainmaker Information executive director of research David Gallagher said. Rainmaker Information identified 99 ...

Active strategies a different story in ETFs: MSCI

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
Despite continuous underperformance from active fund managers in recent years, MSCI's new report highlights the sentiment is drastically different when it comes to actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Australian advisers are increasing their ...

MA Financial launches $500m fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... Shopping Centre and ECQ XL large format retail centre (ECQ) acquisition for a combined $170 million, with ECQ acting as a seed asset in the fund. The fund will assemble a diversified, institutional-scale portfolio of Australian large format retail (LFR) ...

Guardians names head of portfolio completion

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... integration for QIC's liquid markets group, having previously worked as a senior portfolio manager in QIC's multi-asset solutions team. "McNee has a strong track record of working across investment teams to develop scalable solutions and improve ...

FNZ chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
FNZ chief executive Blythe Masters has resigned after two years in the top job as Stephen Welch assumes the role of executive group chair and interim chief executive. Masters will continue to support FNZ in an advisory capacity for six months to help ...

Pengana-WAM feud over PIA comes to an end

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
Wilson Asset Management's (WAM) Geoff Wilson and his allies will exit the board of Pengana International Equities (PIA) following the settlement of the Pengana Capital Group-initiated lawsuit that failed to stop a highly contested buyback. The listed ...

Paul Chiodo sues Shield-linked City Built, director for $200m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
Former Keystone Asset Management director Paul Chiodo is suing City Built, its director Roberto Filippini, and members of his family, who are tied to the collapse of the Shield Master Fund, for $200 million, alleging they engaged in a wide-ranging scheme ...

Sodor Capital plots New Zealand expansion with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... Singapore. The expansion across the Asia Pacific region follows a distribution mandate awarded to the firm from a European asset manager in March. Sam Dixon has joined Sodor Capital as head of New Zealand, joining from Murray & Co where he was the head ...

Fed's rate hike exacerbates Australia's outlook

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... whether one rate hike is enough to bring inflation down and if the Fed will need to enter a tightening cycle." Principal Asset Management market strategist Christian Floro agreed, stating the rate increase stemmed from Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh's ...

Macquarie Asset Management launches 10th ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has launched a low-cost, actively managed fixed income ETF that charges a management fee of 0.09% per annum, making it the 10th strategy in its stable. The Macquarie Core Australian Bond Active ETF (ASX: MQFI) debuts ...