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Mercer's OCIO lead set to depart

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... support our clients through market volatility, Del's investment experience will be instrumental in helping New Zealand investors strengthen their portfolios and achieve their investment objectives," Mercer said in a statement.

AFCA membership extended for Shield, First Guardian-linked firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... Australia, which is in liquidation, and MWL Financial Services, which is currently in administration. ASIC estimates 12,000 investors were impacted by the collapse of Shield and First Guardian but only about 2100 complaints have been lodged with AFCA ...

Big super to work with Canadian counterparts to drive investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... signatories will also build awareness of the value of investment models that leverage the skills of pension capital investors. Collectively, it's expected Australian super funds and Canadian pension funds will oversee about $20 trillion in assets by ...

AFM, PGIM announce exit from Qld retirement village developer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... Aura via its Real Estate Private Equity series and will be making a "significant return" of capital and profits to its investors, with distribution to date representing about 50% of its Australian Diversified Property Fund 1 (ADPF1) capital. The PGIM ...

Vanguard launches three new funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
Vanguard is giving Australian investors access to US equity markets with the launch of three S&P 500 Index funds. The Vanguard S&P 500 US Shares Index ETF (ASX: V500) is an unhedged ETF; the Vanguard S&P 500 US Shares Index (Hedged) ETF (ASX: V5AH) ...

Vanguard pays $40m in ESG antitrust lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... of the settlement, Vanguard has agreed to make the strongest passivity commitments in the industry and to empower its investors with proxy voting - a first for the industry," Texas attorney general Ken Paxton said, despite Vanguard's Investor Choice ...

Financial services' gender pay gap improves at 21.4%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... financial services, superannuation and insurance based on average total remuneration. They are namely Goldman Sachs, IFM Investors, Bell Potter Securities, Evans and Partners, LGT Crestone Wealth Management and Morgan Stanley Investment Management, which ...

MIS review ignores key issues: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... place," the FAAA said. The current review seeks to improve the governance and oversight of registered MISs used by retail investors, particularly how ASIC's role in this can be better. Chalmers copped criticism last December for sitting on MIS reform ...

Structural headwinds driving Australian capital offshore: Redican

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
Structural impediments in the local economy are making offshore investments more appealing for Australian investors, according to NSW Treasury Corporation chief economist Brian Redican. Speaking on the 2026 Financial Standard Economic Outlook webinar ...

Silvercrest AM expands into Australia, launches fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... States, an office in Singapore, and team members based in Europe. It offers a suite of equity strategies to institutional investors and provides traditional and alternative investment advisory and family office services to wealthy families. As of 30 ...