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GQG reports $5.8bn net outflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
GQG experienced net outflows of $3.1 billion (US$2.1bn) for the month of December, resulting in total outflows in the year ended 31 December 2025 of $5.8 billion (US$3.9bn). Despite this, net flows for the year were offset by positive investment performance ...

SEC slams proxy adviser 'oligopoly,' urges AI use

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slammed the oligopolistic nature of the proxy adviser industry and floated the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to upend their stronghold. Brian Daly, the director of the SEC's division of investment ...

Cbus hires corporate governance head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
Cbus has kicked off 2026 with two new executive appointments, naming head of corporate governance and chief information and security officer. Liz Tromans officially joined Cbus in December 2025 as group head of corporate governance. "Liz brings to the ...

GESB alignment strategy sees member, FUM growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... and ensuring the scheme's future sustainability. Providing an update the fund's annual member meeting, GESB chief executive Ben Palmer said, to October end, the initiative had already resulted in the addition of 3659 members. Of these, some 815 are members ...

Global trade a patchwork of relationships, regional priorities: Analysis

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
Global trade could prove more resilient than expected despite growth in economic nationalism and increasing tariffs, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) said. After conducting new scenario analysis, BCG offered four possible models for the future of global ...

SMEs prepare for Payday Super cashflow crunch

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
The Payday Super reforms, effective from July, will hit cashflows of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as they scramble to pay superannuation to employees sooner. Earlypay chief executive James Beeson has urged SMEs to begin preparing for the Payday ...

Global X reveals 2025 top performing ETF asset classes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
Global X has revealed that precious metals, copper miners and critical minerals were among the best-performing ETF asset classes in 2025, saying investors gravitated towards real assets amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty, inflation concerns and ...

Equity managers' research most reliant on AI: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
Australian and global equities fund managers are increasingly relying on generative artificial intelligence (AI) for their research, with the latter saying it is no longer an "additive" but an integral part of this function, new analysis shows. Frontier ...

Ord Minnett creates national practice manager role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
Ord Minnett has created a new national practice manager role, appointing Scott Weaver as it looks to better support advisers as the business grows. Weaver will work with associate and private wealth advisers across Ord Minnett's 15 offices. His ...

Praemium governance executive joins MST

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
Damian Cilmi has left his position as head of investment managers and governance at Praemium to set up a new business at MST Financial. Cilmi, formerly head of investment managers and governance at Praemium, joins MST as a partner responsible for building ...