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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 ...

UniSuper helps raise $30m for PlasmaLeap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
UniSuper, as part of a consortium, has helped raise $30 million for PlasmaLeap Technologies, a sustainable technology provider for fuel and chemicals producers. The fund raise was led by the Gates Foundation, Investible and Yara Growth Ventures. UniSuper's ...

Macquarie AM to deliver over 100MW in South Korea

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) will help to develop a hyperscale data centre platform in South Korea to produce over 100 megawatts (MW) of capacity across the nation in the coming years. The announcement follows Macquarie's acquisition of Hanam Data ...

US exceptionalism may have peaked: ART

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... meant for a more volatile world economy. Our world is more ripe for disruption, whether those disruptions are caused by technology or by climate change or by geopolitics. This is a world where we're going to see more frequent and more severe disruptions," ...

AFCA expands C-suite with three hires

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... created roles, Deborah Jenkins has been appointed chief customer officer and Stevie-Ann Dovico has been appointed chief technology officer. Brigid Parsonson has also been appointed as chief operating officer. AFCA chief executive and chief ombudsman ...

Former IFM executives branch out, launch Black Kite Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... portfolio, representing 0.4% of IFM's allocation. With already $1.3 billion in funds under advice, Black Kite targets technology and healthcare businesses operating in the lower and mid-market range, earning between $10 million to $250 million in ...

WT Financial Group focuses on B2B strategy as profits grow

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... productivity and continued growth in adviser and practice revenues, operating leverage benefits from cost management, technology, risk management and practice support capabilities, the firm explained. WTL managing director Keith Cullen said the result ...

Australian Ethical unveils strong half-year results

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... us well for the years ahead." McMurdo also added investment performance has been impacted by sector rotation out of technology and into materials and resource stocks but remains confident that its ethical investment approach will provide a better medium-term ...

Strategic simplification lifts ClearView's profits

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... assumptions being met in 2H26. ClearView managing director Nadine Gooderick said: "These advancements position ClearView as a technology-led, efficiency-driven, pure play life insurer that is well placed to deliver superior service and capture growth ...

GBST aims to capitalise on innovation with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... complex workflows, improving consistency and enabling scale, while keeping people firmly in control." Chief product and technology officer Isabel Sanchez echoed DeDominicis' statement. "Our AI strategy is underpinned by GBST's established robust technology ...