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Investors jump ship from private markets

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
Financial advisers are pulling back from private market investments as concerns over liquidity, fees and transparency weigh on allocations, according to VanEck's 2026 Smart Beta Survey. The survey, which received 938 responses from financial professionals ...

Praemium brings forward chair succession

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
Praemium will bring forward its leadership transition at board level, with its current chair stepping down as the platform and portfolio administration business continues to expand its focus on high-net-worth investors and technology. Matthew Quinn ...

Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
Australia's economy will continue to stagnate over the next 40 years, growing at just 2% annually, according to the latest Intergenerational Report (IGR), which points to the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution to buoy sagging productivity. Treasury ...

New digital asset trading platform targets HNWs, instos

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
CloudTech Group has launched a digital asset trading platform in Australia giving institutional, high-net-worth and individual investors access to aggregated liquidity, institutional-grade pricing and advanced trading tools. RooRooEx, built on Integral's ...

EQT AB's takeover bid for Perpetual comes to an end

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2026
Perpetual has rejected Swedish private-equity investor EQT AB's best and final takeover bid. EQT AB's offer of $22.50 per share was rejected by Perpetual after its board said it carefully considered all aspects of the further revised proposal. The board ...

Magellan shuts down Vinva global equity retail funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2026
Magellan Asset Management is shuttering two Vinva global equity funds, active systematic retail strategies, two years after they were brought to market. Reaching $165.3 million in assets under management at the end of August, Magellan, as responsible ...

Guardians names head of portfolio completion

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... new challenge, and contribute to an organisation I've long respected," he said. The Guardians recently also appointed Sam Brodie as the head of strategic tilting. The strategic tilting programme allows the super fund to take advantage of its long ...

Taxpayers to foot Age Pension if super turned into ATM: SMC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
New modelling by the Super Members Council (SMC) has shown One Nation's superannuation policy could leave taxpayers on the hook to pay up to double the amount taken out. One Nation is proposing to give Australians paying rent or a mortgage the choice ...

Sodor Capital plots New Zealand expansion with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... across the Asia Pacific region follows a distribution mandate awarded to the firm from a European asset manager in March. Sam Dixon has joined Sodor Capital as head of New Zealand, joining from Murray & Co where he was the head of fund distribution for ...

UniSuper hires former TelstraSuper's head of retirement

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
The super fund has appointed a former TelstraSuper executive to lead its advice strategy, research governance and technical frameworks. Melanie Slade has joined UniSuper as head of advice strategy and technical, reporting to chief advice officer Andrew ...