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Platforms should be wary of cutting options: Experts

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... Morningstar Investment Conference 2026 in Sydney, BT Financial Group chief executive Matt Rady noted the role of platforms as a core component of the financial system enabling efficient transition of capital, and it would be dangerous for platforms to ...

Super fund-backed AFSL adviser numbers drop: Rainmaker

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... advice across a broad and diverse membership base." The report sees digital advice evolving from a niche capability into a core channel for member engagement for industry funds. "Digital advice is expected to play an increasingly central role in addressing ...

Proposed CGT reforms could upend HNW low advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
The high-net-worth (HNW) population's vast pool of wealth estimated to be worth a whopping $4.4 trillion, yet only one quarter employ the services of a financial adviser, new research finds, but Labor's proposed tax reforms could change this. ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... adds Mercer would question how the manager is able to get better returns, if there is concentrated risk, and if there is a core competency in managing the asset. While Jacques says Mercer considers Metrics a very good real estate debt manager, it chose ...

Aware Super names head of stewardship

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... governance frameworks," said Liza McDonald, head of responsible investments. "His ability to integrate ESG considerations into core investment and asset management process to deliver robust financial returns will be highly valuable to our 1.3 million ...

Macquarie shareholders question its climate change commitment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... continues," Macquarie said. The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBC) gives Macquarie Group an ACT (assessing low-carbon transition) core rating of "D" - unstructured plan execution. The score indicates that while Macquarie has sufficiently detailed transition ...

APRA sharpens oversight, flags tech and geopolitical risks

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... market infrastructure providers. APRA said the changes were designed to respond to industry feedback while preserving the core objectives of operational risk management. Despite the exemptions, the regulator stressed entities remain responsible for actively ...

Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... Project Acacia demonstrates, stablecoins are already being explored alongside central bank money and tokenised bank deposits as core settlement assets in wholesale and institutional markets," Dimitropoulos said. "This reflects a broader shift, where ...

Structural reforms necessary despite global shocks: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... almost $3 billion to fund it," he said. "Some good ideas were delayed for more work, and for understandable reasons. The core remained intact and for good reasons as well." Budgets are typically sketched out in summer and locked in autumn. Chalmers noted ...

Iress names chief tech officer to lead AI transformation

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
Iress has appointed Darryl Campbell-Blackwell as the group chief technology officer as it pushes ahead to modernise its core platforms by embedding artificial intelligence (AI) across them. Campbell-Blackwell brings more than 25 years' experience in ...