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Super funds risk market concentration in US: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
While Australian investors have become accustomed to domestic equity markets being dominated by banks and miners, the problem is becoming more prominent overseas presenting a fresh problem for institutional investors. New research from Scientific Beta ...

Netwealth to defend First Guardian class action

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
Netwealth will defend a class action brought against it by Keily McCrosson, a boutique law firm based in Melbourne, around the collapse of First Guardian. Netwealth said it subsidiaries Netwealth Investments and Netwealth Superannuation Services have ...

Former BW Equities employee charged for misappropriating funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
... maximum penalty for each offence of dishonest use of position as a director, officer or employee (s184 of the Corporations Act 2001) is up to 15 years imprisonment and/or a fine of up to $765,000.

CFS distribution executive steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
After more than seven years at Colonial First State (CFS), the firm's group executive for distribution will leave before the end of the year. Bryce Quirk joined CFS in March 2019 as head of retail sales and shortly thereafter became the general ...

Product Showcase: Making group insurance count

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
When integrated advice drives practice growth Many financial advisers aspire to provide genuinely integrated advice, but finding ways to support more clients without increasing operational demands remains a challenge. As they re-evaluate where they ...

Investors jump ship from private markets

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
Financial advisers are pulling back from private market investments as concerns over liquidity, fees and transparency weigh on allocations, according to VanEck's 2026 Smart Beta Survey. The survey, which received 938 responses from financial professionals ...

Soul Patts records 'landmark' year after merger

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... "One year on from the Brickworks merger, we have a cleaner capital structure, stronger balance sheet and greater firepower to act on the right opportunities," he said. Barlow anticipates a continued volatile period ahead but is adamant the company is ...

Active managers face selection test: Morningstar

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
The active versus passive debate is increasingly becoming a question of manager selection, with Morningstar finding the best active managers continued to generate excess returns despite passive strategies generally outperforming across most Australian ...

ASX still falling short of RBA's expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) annual assessment of the ASX's clearing and settlement (CS) facilities has found the market operator is still not meeting the mark. The ASX CS facilities were rated as having 'observed' or 'broadly observed' many ...

Treasury consults to improve data visibility into MISs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
Treasury has opened a consultation for managed investment schemes (MISs) to provide more data to help identify emerging risks earlier. The collapse of Shield and First Guardian highlighted gaps in regulators' visibility of the sector, which costed Australians ...
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