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Dexus forced to sell stake in airports

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
Dexus has been ordered to sell its stake in major airports following a court order, underscoring a win for the IFM Investors-backed lawsuit. Last week, the NSW Supreme Court ruled Dexus must commence the "compulsory process to offer for sale the shares ...

Centrepoint Alliance acquires two advice firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
Centrepoint Alliance will acquire Queensland financial advice practices Cairns Wealth and Pinnacle Wealth for $3 million from Astute Financial Management. The two practices, which operate within the Astute network, will add three advisers to Centrepoint ...

Praemium names chair successor

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
Praemium has appointed a non-executive director to its board, who will succeed the current chair Barry Lewin at the conclusion of the annual general meeting scheduled for November. After chairing the board for nine years, Lewin has decided to retire ...

Product Showcase: Calm in the chaos

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... sturdy stomach. If the sharemarket was a dish, market volatility would be on the daily menu. That's why contrarian investment expert Paul Fairbrother, institutional portfolio manager at MFS Investment Management, doesn't fear volatility, he eats ...

Super fund targets health tech sector with mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
Synthesis Capital, the investment arm of the MedTech Actuator (MTAC), has secured a mandate from a super fund to target startups in deep health technology amid heightened institutional interest in the sector. The mandate, coming from HESTA, forms part ...

ETF a rising craze among the Gen Z: Vanguard

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... likely to incorporate ETFs into their portfolios, while older Australians continue to rely more heavily on traditional investment vehicles, particularly direct share ownership. In its report Sitting on the sidelines: What's holding Australia back from ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... the reason and driving force behind our transition to clean energy," she says. When she addressed the Asia Pacific Investment Summit in Sydney in late March, the country had about 60 days of fossil fuel stock left. "That is how vulnerable the Philippines ...

CSLR levy must be directed towards bad actors: Burgess

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... executive Peter Burgess says reform is needed for greater accountability around the distribution and production of managed investment schemes (MISs), instead of forcing a levy towards self-managed super fund investors. Burgess attended a roundtable hosted ...

Future Fund chief says staff departure not at 'worrying level'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt said the current turnover running rate of around 6% in the senior investment team has not reached a "worrying level". Arndt was speaking at a Senate Estimates Committee hearing yesterday about the rise in turnover ...

Natixis IM country head exits to lead Evidentia Group

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
Natixis Investment Managers Australia and New Zealand country head Louise Watson is leaving the global asset manager to become chief executive of Evidentia Group, as the former simultaneously unveils a leadership shuffle amid her departure. Natixis ...