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FinCap launches private markets platform targeting wholesale investors

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... frameworks. FinCap head or portfolio and investment solutions Ben Davis said the platform was created to address a longstanding gap between institutional and wholesale investors. "Private markets portfolio construction has historically been the domain ...

Product showcase: Reframing financial advice

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
A diversified approach for a changing tax landscape The retirement savings confidence gap between 'advised' and 'unadvised' Australians is set to widen following the Federal Budget handed down in May. The Budget announcement introduced ...

Super funds race to implement digital advice

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2026
Australian superannuation funds are increasingly turning to digital advice tools to bridge the longstanding gap between members needs and access to affordable financial guidance, according to executives at wealth technology Bravura Solutions. Speaking ...

Banks gaining on private credit firms in construction lending

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
... 73% in 2025 and 52.7% for investment lending, down from 65%. "While non-banks remain the dominant force in construction, the gap between bank and non-bank expectations has certainly narrowed," the report read. Stamford Capital managing director Peter ...

FEATURE | Aged care: The longevity dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... the conversation is more urgent. "Populations have continued to age faster than facilities have been built, and the funding gap has widened," Shaw says. "In Australia, the aged care royal commission highlighted systemic underinvestment. In Japan, healthcare ...

Investment performance will not help smaller balances: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... of exhaustion within a decade, while men with median savings ($283,000) face far more secure outcomes," Ruthbah said. "This gap has profound implications for retirement adequacy and policy design. It underlines the need for measures to boost women's ...

Family office succession takes back seat to investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
While family offices have investment strategies down pat, the state of their succession plans paint another story, which reports suggest could undermine a seamless transfer of a vast amount of wealth. On the plus side, most family offices have a robust ...

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2026
... Further, recommendations are subject to all regulatory compliance that apply to human advisers, targeting to close the advice gap. Otivo said the launch comes as an alternative advice source for those seeking advice as general-purpose AI tools such as ...

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2026
... its other existing strategies, as well as assessing new ones, to determine which will be suitable to fill in an investment gap for New Zealand investors," McIntyre said. The fund is managed and issued by Adminis Funds Limited and represents the firm's ...

ART to employ more First Nations members into its workforce

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2026
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has launched its second Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), highlighting initiatives the super fund will complete by the end of 2028, including setting up a First Nations workforce target. The Innovate RAP builds ...