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AustralianSuper exec takes on chief executive role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
AustralianSuper head of real assets Nick O'Neil has been named the incoming chief executive and managing director of Lendlease, effective 10 September 2026. Lendlease chair John Gillam said O'Neil is a highly experienced executive with over ...

Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
Invesco has launched the Invesco Global Enhanced Equity Fund, with the aim of providing Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record and more than $16 billion in assets under management globally. Invesco ...

Knight Frank names QLD head of asset management services

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
Knight Frank has promoted Angie Sheppard as the head of asset management services (AMS) for Queensland more than a year after she joined the global property consultancy in the role of director and head of business operations Queensland. She comes with ...

T. Rowe Price stays underweight on Australia, overweight on US

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
Australian equities are less favoured in the second half of the year, T. Rowe Price said, given the dependency on energy imports and headwinds from the tightening monetary and fiscal policies. The global asset manager will continue to be overweight ...

Accounting sector rejects shifting CSLR costs to SMSFs

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
Australia's major accounting bodies have urged Treasury to reconsider proposals that would shift Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) funding costs onto self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), warning the move would unfairly penalise investors ...

Lack of awareness impacts retirement satisfaction: TAL

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
New research indicates that although around 90% of retirees selecting pension accounts or lifetime income streams were satisfied with their decision, less than two in five (38%) pre-retirees understood how those products work. The second edition of ...

Ausbil sees AI, critical minerals driving next growth cycle

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
Ausbil Investment Management believes a combination of artificial intelligence (AI), deglobalisation and reindustrialisation is creating a new wave of long-term investment opportunities despite ongoing geopolitical and energy market volatility. In a ...

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON), which was flagged by Financial Standard in April. MOON is the second ETF launched of three announced by the ETF issuer, with the Global X S&P World Natural Resources ETF expected to hit the market ...

Stablecoin to reshape financial services workforce

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
The domestic stablecoin market is still nascent, but it's shaping up to be a springboard for seasoned financial services executives looking to ride the new wave in payments infrastructure. This week, fintech start-up AUDC has hired Andrew Kitchen ...

Trustees lack death benefit claims uplift urgency: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
Two years since ASIC cracked the whip on superannuation funds to improve death benefit claims handling practices, a follow-up review found very little to no improvements have been made. ASIC's review of 45 trustees found varying degrees of urgency ...