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Shadow Minister for Financial Services Pat Conaghan resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
Shadow Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Pat Conaghan has resigned from the shadow ministry, effective immediately. Conaghan has been very outspoke on the collapse of Shield and First Guardian and a vocal critic of ASIC's handling of ...

PGIM expands into private credit secondaries

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
PGIM is betting big on private secondaries, as it plans to commit $1 billion over two years to the emerging asset class. PGIM said it plans to combine private credit and private equity secondaries, targeting a market where it expects deal volume to ...

Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
Australia's booming exchange-traded funds (ETFs) market is failing to capture the big money from superannuation funds and institutional investors as retail investors' dominance reigns supreme. Surpassing $330 billion in total funds under management ...

Investment managers ramp up AI use in front offices

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Seventy percent of buy-side firms, including asset managers, pension funds and insurance companies, are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) in front offices, while more than half are scaling implementation. The 2026 Global InvestOps report from SimCorp ...

Aware Super bets big on data centre boom

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Aware Super has committed $460 million to the Skyline JV data centre business to grow its digital infrastructure presence in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Leveraging Skyline JV's access to global hyperscale data centres, the company indirectly ...

Geoeconomic conflicts, extreme weather threaten global stability: WEF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... highlights the benefits and adverse outcomes of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, particularly as companies spend big on it yet returns on ambitious projects remain unclear. "Technological developments and new innovations are driving opportunities ...

Morningstar bulks up managed portfolios team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... Stanley Smith Barney as a financial adviser. Morningstar Australia country leader Chris Galloway said the appointments mark a big step forward for the firm's managed portfolios business "Vijay brings exceptional leadership and deep industry experience ...

Advisers 'positioned to thrive' in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... Fradley Advice specialist financial adviser Nathan Fradley anticipates 2026 going one of two ways, saying "it's going to be a big year of distraction and opportunity". "The distraction sits in however changes to regulation are rehashed, rebranded, or ...

GDG awards Hackett big pay day

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
Generation Development Group (GDG) chief executive Grant Hackett could be earning $3.3 million a year, should he meet all short- and long-term incentives, reflecting the firm's growth and success. As part of his updated remuneration arrangements ...

Financing the technological revolution: AI issuance in credit

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... annual AI-related capex by 2029. De Silva told Financial Standard : "In our view, AI capex-related debt issuance will be the big story for credit markets in 2026 and will drive a gradual widening in credit spreads more broadly as the market absorbs this ...