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Talaria warns S&P concentration erodes diversification

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... said. "I don't think people get worried when things backwardly look benign." Padowitz added investors should instead focus on finding genuinely differentiated exposures. "Real diversification is quite difficult, which makes it quite rare, which makes ...

Jobs data surprises on the upside, rate hike on the cards

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... one more rate hike this year," McCormack said. "With the economy close to full employment, the RBA has greater freedom to focus squarely on inflation without a cooling in the labour market." "It will also be a tricky one - with the need to balance the ...

La Caisse backs GO.FARM in $330m farmland push

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... Lenghan said the partnership reflected increasing global appetite for agriculture as an institutional asset class. "Our focus has always been on finding the opportunity, solving the challenges and executing the fundamentals well by building great teams ...

State Street IM Australian investments lead to retire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
State Street Investment Management (SSIM) head of investments for Australia Jonathan Shead will step down next month. Shead will retire on August 28 after spending 26 years with the group, working in various State Street Global Advisor (SSGA) roles ...

GDG delivers 36% jump in FUM

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
Generation Development Group has reported strong growth to the year ending June 30. Generation Development Group reported a record quarter for Generation Life, adding to the overall success of the broader business. Generation Life reported a rise of ...

Macquarie chair provides 'cautious' outlook at AGM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... quarter "which says something about the breadth of the group's businesses," he said. Stevens also highlighted the continued focus on risk culture and remediation of regulatory issues. "Macquarie's remediation work for past regulatory and compliance ...

Fund managers unsure about expenditures on AI

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... compounds. It identifies data anomalies in real-time, reduces the manual burden on risk and operations teams, and frees people to focus on the high-value strategic work that actually moves the needle."

Acclaim Wealth makes C-suite appointment in newly created role

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... promoted its head of adviser services into a newly created C-suite role to reflect the company's continued growth and focus on enhancing service delivery to its national adviser network. Aimie West extends her eight-year tenure at the wealth management ...

Viridian promotes to investment team, launches Infinity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... greater responsibility for investment outcomes, particularly as the industry responds to recent disruption and a sharper focus on governance and accountability," he said at the time. Viridian currently employs more than 100 advisers servicing 15,000 ...

Aware Super acquires $226m real estate investment

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... enduring fundamentals." Aware Real Estate chief executive Tracey Whitby said the acquisition reflected the platform's focus on building a portfolio of high-quality assets capable of delivering sustainable outperformance for Aware Super's 1.3 ...
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