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FEATURE | Group insurance | Dusk to dawn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
... incentives for members who have a realistic capacity to return to suitable work. This moves TPD away from being "an end-point decision and more of a pathway" that balances financial certainty with recovery and workforce participation where appropriate. ...

FEATURE: Cryptocurrency, control and confidence

VINNY VUCAGO  |  SATURDAY, 15 AUG 2026
... of Australian adults have sought any retirement information at all. For ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty, the findings point less to a crisis of trust than one of accessibility. "Australians know which sources of retirement information they can rely ...

Macquarie puts KPMG audit under formal review

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2026
Macquarie Group chair Glenn Stevens said the investment giant is formally inquiring into KPMG's capability to deliver its audit, as well as the conduct of the audit itself, at the latest parliamentary inquiry into the consulting firm. "In a nutshell ...

L1 Group backs former analyst's hedge fund venture

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2026
L1 Group has launched a new hedge fund venture, PXC Advisors, with the help of a former investment analyst at the helm. The joint venture with Andrew Lin, who is the portfolio manager and founder of PXC Advisors, will launch a flagship strategy to external ...

New platform provides guidance for retirees

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2026
... build their confidence and prepare them for that role," he said. "And the culmination of the program, we believe, is at any point in time we'll have 10,000 to 20,000 opportunities just in Australia alone around volunteering, mentorship... It's ...

GQG sees $6.4bn outflows in July

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
... investment performance has continued to cushion the impact of redemptions, the persistence of outflows remains a key pressure point for GQG, with shrinking FUM potentially weighing on future fee revenue. Earlier this year, GQG had also reported substantial ...

Zerocap expands insto crypto trading capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
... trading capabilities. Under the new partnership, currency technology provider Integral offers Zerocap a single, out-of-the-box point of connectivity to a broad network of liquidity providers across both digital assets and fiat currency markets, it said ...

I Squared acquires oOh!media following bidding war

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2026
... in April. Two months later, the three bidders all upped their bids in the realm of $1.60 per share. Bain Capital at one point was also in the running but did not proceed to the next round of bidding. Based in Sydney, oOh!media operates in Australia and ...

Challenger launches retirement research institute

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2026
... most significant financial transitions." Mannix added it is a pivotal moment as Australia reaches a demographic inflection point with a record number of people retiring every year. "With longer life expectancies, it is not uncommon for people to now ...

Advisers bolster client book amid compliance burden: CoreData

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
Financial advice practices are serving more clients, charging higher fees and reporting record levels of satisfaction with their licensees, despite the weight of compliance, according to CoreData. The average number of clients per practice has increased ...