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Perpetual sees 349% profit jump

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
Perpetual has reported a 349% jump in net profit after tax to $53.9 million in the first half. It posted a jump of 12% in underlying profit to $112.7 million and delivered $60 million in annualised savings and is on track to achieve the targeted $70-$80 ...

Capital Group appoints ETF lead for APAC, Europe

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... "We are committed to becoming the partner of choice for financial intermediaries and institutional clients globally as we focus on delivering our long-term results in their vehicle of choice." "I am thrilled to join Capital Group and support its continued ...

GBST aims to capitalise on innovation with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... at Woolworths Group for more than four years. His mandate spans both internal and client-facing initiatives, with a dual focus on enhancing how GBST teams operate and embedding AI into products in ways that deliver measurable client outcomes, GBST said. ...

AFCA receives record complaints in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... related to the collapse of the Shield and First Guardian. "Shield and First Guardian complaints will continue to be a key focus for AFCA throughout 2026. We have now issued 44 decisions, including five lead decisions, and have 500 simultaneous investigations ...

L1 Group realises $24m of $35m merger cost synergies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... $4.4 billion to $3.4 billion as of December last year. The firm expects this to stabilise within a year with significant focus on reinvigorating client proposition to return funds to growth, it said. L1 Capital's Long Short Fund, running since September ...

Iress sticks to simplification plan, will consider "bona fide" takeover bids

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... simplification with improved performance across all business units, reflecting ongoing cost discipline and a sharper operational focus." Last year, Iress completed the sale of its superannuation business to Apex Group. It has also offloaded its market ...

Unintended consequences of passive investing materialise: MFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... Geremia said Bogle's message was finding a better balance between active and passive. Geremia also warned about the focus on short termism and how quantifying timeframes has been a bugbear for active managers. "The industry has spent years not wanting ...

Chalmers releases retirement phase reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... Australians expected to retire in the next decade." Chalmers said the reforms aim to ensure there is as much policy and product focus on the retirement phase as there is in the accumulation phase. "They will improve transparency and drive trustees to ...

Ziller launches Global Fund Active ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
Ziller Funds Management is offering its flagship fund as an ETF for better adviser access. The Ziller Global Fund Active ETF (ASX: ZILR) leverages the Ziller Global Fund strategy, which invests in a concentrated portfolio of 15 to 25 high growth global ...

Centrepoint Alliance, Count see strong earnings growth

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... earnings quality," it said. "The partial divestment of the non-core lending aggregation business sharpens Centrepoint's focus on advice and platform operations, while retaining lending as a service to continue supporting advisers with integrated ...