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Productivity slumps again, capital injection needed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
Multifactor productivity (MFP), the measure of how well labour and capital inputs are combined to produce outputs, declined over the 12 months to June 2025. MFP decreased by 0.5% over 2024-25, below the 20-year average of 0.4% growth per year and well ...

DigiCo REIT sees revenue lift

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
HMC Capital's real estate investment trust, the DigiCo REIT, reported underlying revenue up 12% to $108 million in the first half. Underlying EBITDA rose 15% to $57 million, with $658 million of available liquidity across cash and undrawn debt lines ...

QIC partners with Wollemi Capital in new $80m investment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
QIC has partnered with Wollemi Capital, a climate specialist investment firm, to invest $80 million in Australia's first commercially scaled food waste to energy plant in Queensland. The Kalfresh Bioenergy Facility will be led by Queensland vegetable ...

Process to become an adviser remains 'unattractive': SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
SMSF Association (SMSFA) policy manager Keddie Waller said most measures intended to help boost the number of new entrants to the advice industry have been abandoned, at least for now. Speaking at the 2026 SMSF Association National Conference, Waller ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
A third Future Fund investment professional is bound for Abu Dhabi, following in the footsteps of the sovereign wealth fund's former chief investment officer and a deputy CIO. Pradheesh Salvarajah has taken on a role as investment manager at Abu ...

ART taps ex-HESTA manager for opportunistic role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
A former HESTA portfolio construction and risk manager has emerged at Australian Retirement Trust. Australia's second-largest superannuation fund has appointed Michael Sommers as senior portfolio manager, opportunistic strategies. Sommers' mandate ...

Most sought-after professionals revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
The new Robert Walters Salary Guide has revealed the highest paid and most sought-after professionals in the financial services industry. In funds and wealth management, the average salary in 2026 for a head of distribution based in New South Wales ...

SMSF advice requires specialist skills, professional judgement: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
To thrive in providing SMSF advice, financial advisers must gain specialist skills, technical competencies and work on strengthening their professional judgement, according to the SMSF Association. Advisers are urged to do better particularly in the ...

Advisers lose lead in SMSF establishments: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
Several forces are fuelling the unprecedented rise in SMSF establishments, and while financial advisers used to be the driving force behind this, they are now getting left behind, according to industry experts - but they can reclaim their lead. New ...

MA Financial, Dimensional launch new offerings

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
MA Financial has launched an Asia Pacific private credit fund as part of a strategic partnership with China Merchants Bank (CMB), while Dimensional is launching a new fund focused on highly profitable companies. The MA CMBI APAC Credit Opportunities ...