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OneVue adviser exits dents Praemium's FUA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... highlighted Spectrum's "standout" performance during the period with a total FUA of $3.6 billion, raking in $1.4 billion of new business gross inflows since launching in October 2024. "Praemium SMA and Powerwrap platforms both had strong net inflows ...

Aged care misinformation poses opportunity for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... according to an expert, who says that too many elderly people are suffering from the confusion and misinformation surrounding the new aged care reforms. Louise Biti, director of Aged Care Steps, told the annual SMSF Association National Conference she ...

Advisers at the forefront of elder financial abuse prevention

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... experienced more than one type of abuse, with the most common combination being psychological abuse and neglect. Meanwhile, new research from Dementia Australia estimates that those living with dementia in 2026 increased to 446,500 and is set to more ...

Productivity slumps again, capital injection needed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... there is always room for improvement," he said. "Recent research on innovation shows that very few Australian firms create new-to-world technologies, and the rate at which Australian firms are adopting cutting-edge technologies at the productivity frontier ...

Aware Super overhauls investment team structure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
Aware Super is restructuring its investments team, creating a new Liquidity and Markets division and making Private Markets a standalone function. The fund said the new structure brings together data, liquidity management, public and private markets ...

DigiCo REIT sees revenue lift

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... priorities. DigiCo reported the SYD1 data centre has reached 100% contracted capacity, and the group secured 22 megawatts of new contracts across Australia. Off the back of the positive first half result, DigiCo reaffirmed its FY26 guidance targeting ...

QIC partners with Wollemi Capital in new $80m investment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... excited to be partnering with QIC and Wollemi in a consortium bringing to market a wide range of renewable products, including new baseload generation to the energy market." Construction for the facility will begin in February 2026, with the first clean ...

SMSFs avoid advisers due to lack of asset-specific support

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... sometimes misleading. This is shown in the decline in advice engagement over the recent period, as only one in five of the new SMSFs established over the past two financial years were established with financial advice. Meanwhile, SMSFA chief executive ...

AustralianSuper risk lead jumps to rival

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
Skye Stevenson, former head of investment compliance and operational risk at AustralianSuper, has left the $410 billion fund to join Rest Super in a newly created Sydney-based role. Rest Super has appointed Stevenson general manager, investment governance. ...

Process to become an adviser remains 'unattractive': SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
SMSF Association (SMSFA) policy manager Keddie Waller said most measures intended to help boost the number of new entrants to the advice industry have been abandoned, at least for now. Speaking at the 2026 SMSF Association National Conference, Waller ...