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Super Consumers appoints former regulator as chair

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... significant contribution Stowe played during his tenure. "Rod has made an outstanding contribution to consumer protection over many decades, including through his leadership of Super Consumers Australia," O'Halloran said. "We thank him for his service ...

Fight between SMC and FSC on super rages on

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... materially improve long-term financial outcomes. He added policy proposals that make it harder for Australians to exercise control over their superannuation will directly harm their financial wellbeing. The research by FSC challenged the perception that ...

Crole exits Sequoia effective immediately

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... attempted to divest InterPrac for $50,000 to Conquest Investment Partners, but was eventually abandoned as ASIC raised questions over the sale. Crole has been at the helm as group chief executive since 2019 following the resignation of Scott Beeton. ...

Middle East conflict, inflation continues to weigh on confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... four-week moving average remained unchanged at 5.6%. The index also displayed a higher confidence on longer-term economy over the next five years (+0.8 points), compared to short-term economic confidence, which declined 1.6 points. However, consumers ...

FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... time at Macquarie in the mid-1990s. "We sat around and we said, 'Okay, well, are master trusts and wraps going to take over the world?' And strategically we made the decision that they were, and as a consequence we should be in the supermarket ...

Rest calls for better alignment in default options

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... government to strengthen alignment within the industry. The survey collected responses from some 1450 member and identified just over one in three respondents found super and retirement products easy to understand. Additionally, more than four in five ...

KPMG finds new chief executive

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... also overtaken the role of the chief operating officer of the scandal-hit consulting firm. He has been a partner at KPMG for over a decade and has stepped into his new roles effective immediately. KPMG independent chair Michael Ebeid said: "The board ...

Northern Trust AM Australia among five to split $4.3bn mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Northern Trust Asset Management Australia is one of several fund managers that scored a major mandate from Taiwan's Bureau of Labor Funds (BLF) to help manage a total pool of US$3 billion ($4.3bn). The BLF also picked Amundi Asset Management, BNP ...

ASX to rejig corporate governance framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
The ASX is looking to modernise eight core corporate governance principles, which include rejigging executive remuneration and board composition, to make them fit-for-purpose in the current environment in which ASX-listed entities operate in. The bourse ...

Equities lead as Australian managed funds attract $13bn in H1

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... every month except March, when the Reserve Bank of Australia delivered its third consecutive interest rate rise and concerns over conflict and energy supply disruptions in the Middle East weighed sentiment. Equity funds attracted the largest share of ...