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Australian Unity to wind down Platypus AM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
Australian Unity will wind down Platypus Asset Management, its wholly owned Australian equities fund manager, following a strategic review of the business. Australian Unity chief executive, wealth and capital markets, Balaji Gopal said the business ...

Kaplan winds up pooled super trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... absolute-return and income-focused approach, alongside a value and risk-averse focus. The PST predominantly invested in listed Australian and, at times, in New Zealand-listed securities. It was benchmarked against the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index and ...

Global X cuts fees on gold ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... announcement follows a strong rebound in investor demand for gold ETFs. After significant industry outflows in June, Australian investors returned to the asset class in July, directing $334 million into gold bullion and gold mining ETFs, making it the ...

SMC chair takes on more board duties

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
The inaugural chair of the Super Members Council (SMC) Ann Sherry has taken on another chair position at a government agency organisation, effective today. Sherry has joined the board of Housing Australia as chair, the government announced. In this ...

Iress sharpens tech integration to reduce adviser admin burden

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... support innovation across the advice landscape. "By partnering with providers addressing the most important needs of Australian advice practices, we can help create more connected, efficient and scalable technology environments," Ong added. Iress chief ...

I Squared Capital forays into Aussie private wealth space

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... product strategy for OpenInfra Irina Zilbergleyt said. "The launch builds on I Squared's longstanding presence in the Australian market where we have partnered with leading Australian superannuation funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurers through ...

MUFG to acquire GROW Inc

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... strengthen MUFG's long-term resilience, investment capability and commitment to the administration ecosystem of Australian superannuation members. MUFG Retirement Solutions ANZ chief executive Frank Lombardo said the super sector is increasingly ...

APRA hits 12 super options with failed grade

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
The number of failed investment products nearly doubled in the 2026 APRA superannuation performance test, with BUSSQ being the only industry fund to make the list dominated by retail funds. One MySuper product and 11 trustee-directed products (TDPs) ...

FAAA pushes to expand NCA to financial advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said it will advocate strongly to expand the scope of the New Class of Advisers' to all financial advisers, which will currently be limited to only superannuation funds and life insurers. The reforms will ...

ASIC, APRA urge finance sector to demonstrate AI threat response

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... more than 600 attendees from more than 380 entities across the financial system. The discussions, supported by the Australian Signals Directorate and involving the Reserve Bank of Australia, Treasury and the ACCC, found frontier AI is accelerating existing ...