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Super funds lend voice to tokenisation

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2026
... encouraging to see the RBA and DFCRC continue that work through ATAG, bringing industry, regulators and government together to focus on what comes next," she said. Dimitropoulos said settlement and infrastructure would be central to expanding tokenisation ...

Ausbil shutters $27m long short fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2026
Ausbil Investment Management has shuttered its $27 million Long Short Focus Fund, with two portfolio managers leaving the firm as part of a reshuffle of its equities team. "Although the strategy has an effective track record, it operates in a contested ...

JPMAM targets growth in Aussie instos, UHNW segments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2026
... distribution. You need a strategy across markets. You need a strategy within columns," he said. Watkins said JPMAM will continue to focus on active ETFs, adding institutional investors continue to show enthusiasm. "What we found is that we've had ...

Canadian pension giant takes 20% stake in La Trobe

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2026
... Andrews said La Trobe has an exceptional group of institutional shareholders aligned behind its next phase of growth. "Our focus remains unchanged: delivering strong outcomes for our investors and borrowers, maintaining disciplined capital management ...

ASIC issues another stop order for private credit fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2026
ASIC has issued an interim stop order on the Murdoch Clarke Mortgage Fund, issued by Murdoch Clarke Mortgage Management, prohibiting it from offering, issuing, selling or transferring interests in the fund. The fund had $573.2 million in assets under ...

Orbis appoints Heathcote as NZ distribution partner

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2026
... actively managed investment offering among local financial advisers and wholesale investors. The partnership will initially focus on the Orbis Global Equity Fund, with Heathcote representing the global investment manager to advisers, research houses ...

Evidentia restructures despite booming assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2026
... while attracting leading talent from the market. As we look ahead, this new structure positions us to operate with greater focus and agility, to help more clients in more ways." She added that the changes are about "building on the strong foundations ...

Government seeks EOI from experts for financial innovation

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2026
... and will work through ASIC's existing relief powers. The government will also seek to develop targeted sandboxes that focus on AI, tokenised assets, digital money and digital financial market infrastructure. The federal government has recently backed ...

Digital assets on the right path: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2026
Digital asset providers have evaluated the October deadline and ASIC's consultation on the looming digital asset laws and determined that these developments mark a pivotal point on the sector's implementation journey. OKX Australia chief executive ...

NCAs unlikely to solve retirement advice gap: HUB24, CFS

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2026
... State (CFS) say the New Class of Advisers (NCA) will unlikely solve the retirement advice gap Australians face, noting the focus needs to be on helping reduce friction for those with complex advice needs. Assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino announced the ...