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FEAL names Fund Executive of the Year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
The 2026 FEAL Fund Executive of the Year was awarded to CareSuper chief executive Jason Murray. FEAL said Murray received the award in recognition of his outstanding leadership through two mergers, his innovative member first service model and his significant ...

AMP investment chief reshapes her team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
AMP investment chief Anna Shelley has handed out a string of promotions on the back of a solid year for its superannuation business. Stuart Eliot, Duy To, Steve Flegg and Jeronimo Harrison have all been promoted as part of the investment team refresh. ...

Digital assets don't need new regulatory logic: ASIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
In its latest paper, ASIC has argued that while digital assets are a technological shift from current financial systems, the foundational regulatory principles for it remains the same. Speaking at the Melbourne money & finance conference, ASIC senior ...

National Reconstruction Fund makes $200m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) is making a $200 million hybrid note investment in ASX-listed cloud, cybersecurity, and telecoms provider Macquarie Technology Group. The NRFC said the investment is to help ensure critical digital ...

Betashares invests in AUD-backed stablecoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
Betashares has made a minority strategic investment in Macropod - a licensed issuer of an Australian dollar-backed stablecoin. Betashares made the investment alongside global and regional digital asset companies, including Galaxy Digital, Flowdesk ...

ASX partners with LSEG to upgrade derivatives platform

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
ASX will partner with LSEG to modernise and upgrade its derivatives trading platform. ASX 24 trades the Australian and New Zealand interest rate, equity and commodity futures and options markets, supporting some of the world's longest trading hours. ...

What Australia must do to be at the forefront of financial innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
ASIC chair Joe Longo highlighted two key development areas for Australia to align with prominent players across the Asia Pacific region, saying the regulator wants to be a backer, not blocker, of financial innovation. Speaking at the Asia Securities ...

Local custody industry surpasses $6tn milestone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
Many custodians saw double-digit growth in their assets under custody in the second half of 2025, but none more so than BNP Paribas. Assets under custody in Australia grew to $6.2 trillion in the first half of FY26, an increase of 8.6% on the June 2025 ...

MLC completes full Retirement Boost rollout for advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
MLC Expand has rolled out the retirement phase of its Retirement Boost offering announced last year. It had soft launched the product's saving phase in August in partnership with TAL and Challenger. Advisers can now recommend MLC Retirement Boost ...

Magellan to merge with Barrenjoey for $906m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
Magellan Financial Group will take its current 36% ownership in Barrenjoey Capital Partners all the way, inking a deal worth $906 million to merge the two firms. Under the new entity, Brian Benari will become the group chief executive. Sophia Rahmani ...