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SEC slams proxy adviser 'oligopoly,' urges AI use

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... adviser industry and floated the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to upend their stronghold. Brian Daly, the director of the SEC's division of investment management, said the sector has thrived since 1988, when the Department of Labor released ...

Global trade a patchwork of relationships, regional priorities: Analysis

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... described, where trade flows gravitate around four main hubs or nodes rather than following one set of rules. BCG managing director and senior partner, global leader for the BCG's Global Advantage Practise, and report co-author Aparna Bharadwaj said ...

Oaktree institutional sales head quits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... product solutions, while Richard Young, the former UK head of institutional capital raising, has joined ICG as managing director of its client solutions group. Brookfield Asset Manager is acquiring the remaining 26% stake of Oaktree that it does not ...

Ares Management promotes private equity lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
Ares Management has promoted its head of ANZ private equity to managing director as the US$596 billion New York-listed alternatives firm completes its first private equity deal in Australia. Nicholas Onie joined Ares in March last year as a principal ...

Super moves: WATC, Medibank, HESTA, Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... a senior portfolio manager specialising in income strategies. Before joining Plato, McCrum spent 14 years as managing director and co-founder of Omega Global Investors, which later folded into Plato as an alternative income division. He earlier served ...

Wilkin-Smith, Hales join trustee board for AMP Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
Nigel Wilkin-Smith and Cathy Hales have been appointed non-executive directors of NM Super, the superannuation trustee for AMP. Wilkin-Smith will also join the trustee's investment committee. He brings extensive experience in the design and oversight ...

ATO to restrict travel over unpaid super obligations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... ignore their obligations and refuse to engage to pay their outstanding amounts. Other examples of firmer actions include director penalty notices, garnishees, referrals to credit reporting bureaus and wind-up applications. DPOs are often applied in conjunction ...

Lazard sets up new chief investment role

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... acting assistant secretary of the US Treasury for economic policy. Previously, he was a portfolio manager and managing director at BlackRock, where he managed systematic equity funds and served as head of research for multi-asset strategies. "Establishing ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... from an operational point of view, that's probably the key skill set that we look for," Kaizen Recruitment associate director Darragh Cleary says. He notes that in a heavily regulated environment with super funds under scrutiny, it is pertinent that ...

ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
Ahead of Christmas, ASIC commenced civil penalty proceedings against BDO Audit (WA) and its director Dean Just alleging it made misleading statements, while failing to take reasonable steps to ensure reports were factually accurate for an ASX-listed ...