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PC targets business barriers to lift productivity

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2026
... said boards spent 55% of their time on compliance in 2025, up from 24% a decade earlier, limiting time available for strategy and innovation. "Businesses often struggle to work out which rules apply to them, where to find authoritative guidance and how ...

Mall owners count cost as David Jones enters administration

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2026
... $4 million. "GPT continues to proactively reinvest and evolve space across its centres as part of its broader retail strategy. Retailer demand for quality, well-located space remains strong, as evidenced by the fully leased opening of Rouse Hill Town ...

Count makes 'largest' equity partnership acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2026
... (FUA) to Count's network. Count chief executive Hugh Humphrey said the investment is tightly aligned to its expansion strategy. "This investment is tightly aligned to Count Group's strategy of growing our participation in the advisory value chain through ...

RQI Investors forays into ETFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2026
... manager launched the RQI Australian Value Active ETF (ASX: RQAV), providing investors access to its Australian value strategy which has more than $8 billion under management. RQAV pursues long-term returns with an actively managed quantitative strategy ...

State Street names new APAC investment lead

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2026
... Lochiel Crafter, who recently retired. Based in Hong Kong as well, Helyar overseas State Street's Asia Pacific business strategy. SSIM has more than US$6 trillion in assets under management.

ART gathers govt, business leaders to close super gap

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2026
... financial confidence and barriers that affect long-term financial outcomes," Simpson said. "The women's economic security strategy is designed to create the right conditions for women to build their own success, and today's discussion is another ...

Aequitas hires from Vanguard again

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2026
... joined the boutique investment manager after spending close to six years at Vanguard as senior investment specialist of strategy and research, a role that was created to connect advisers with Vanguard's resources. In her new role, Newman will lead Aequitas' ...

IFM Investors appoints global product strategy head

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2026
... institutional client requirements. The pension capital manager has appointed David Cienfuegos as global head of product structure strategy, based in New York, bringing more than 25 years of investment and leadership experience across public and private ...

Macquarie AM launches venture growth fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2026
... Asset Management (MAM) has launched a new venture growth fund for local wholesale investors, leveraging an evergreen strategy originating from a foreign jurisdiction. The Macquarie Wellington Venture Growth Fund offers wholesale investors access to "institutional-quality" ...

Ironbark expands advice footprint with acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2026
... achieve together," he added. Ironbark recently raised $256 million from Merchant Wealth Partners to execute its growth strategy in Australia, including the pursuit of a pipeline of acquisitions.