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ASX profits slump as ASIC inquiry costs bite

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2026
... important milestone in strengthening the foundations of Australia's post-trade infrastructure, upgrading clearing services to a modern, secure and resilient platform designed to scale for higher trading volumes," he said. "Just as importantly, it has ...

LGT Wealth Management appoints chief tech officer

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2026
LGT Wealth Management has appointed Willem Strydom as its new chief technology officer. Strydom joins LGT from Macquarie Wealth where he served as the director of engineering, overseeing its platform modernisation and artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. ...

PE giants partner with Nvidia for $709bn AI platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2026
... build the AI factories that will power every industry and country in the age of AI." Apollo president Jum Zelter added: "Modern compute has emerged as a scarce, mission-critical asset class with compelling investment characteristics that is positioned ...

Future Fund looks beyond AI winners to hedge risk

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
The Future Fund is hedging its artificial intelligence (AI) investment risks by spreading exposure across the value chain and with investments across asset classes, including infrastructure, venture capital, private equity and listed equities. It is ...

GESB names chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
GESB, Western Australia's public sector super fund, has named a new chief executive following the departure of long-serving leader Ben Palmer earlier this year. Joann Wilkie will replace Paul Taylor, who has been in the role on an interim basis since ...

Retirement portfolios need a new playbook: Real Asset Management

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
... reducing reliance on listed market performance. Private credit, he said, has merged as an increasingly important component of modern retirement portfolios. "Private credit offers the opportunity to generate attractive income streams with lower correlation ...

IFS recovers record $250m in unpaid super

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2026
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has recovered a record $250 million in unpaid superannuation in the 2025-26 financial year, bringing its total recoveries to $2.5 billion since the service commenced. This comes just a month after the Payday Super reform ...

smartMonday tweaks fees, MySuper structure

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
... better support the modernised retirement journey. "Higher allocations to growth assets for younger members, reflecting modern retirement patterns, increased longevity and the likelihood that members remain invested well into retirement." smartMonday ...

ASIC consults to improve flexibility around pre-IPO comms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
ASIC has released a proposal to provide companies greater flexibility when listing on the public market to publicise their upcoming initial public offering (IPO). Under existing laws, companies are generally prohibited from advertising or publicising ...

Centuria Office REIT posts 379% jump in profit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2026
... strategy aligned to selective disposals and robust debt management while curating a portfolio of high-quality, well-located modern office buildings," Cheung said. "COF remains conscious of capital management and focused on maintaining high portfolio ...