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Fidelity expands ESG role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... for current and future clients. Jaramillo joined Fidelity in August 2021. Before that, she was a senior responsible investment adviser at HESTA, the $101 billion industry fund for health and community workers. At HESTA, she set up the investor-led initiative ...

Geoff Lloyd to lead Perpetual wealth spin-off

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... executive in 2012. He remained in the role until mid-2018 before moving to MLC. He currently chairs the direct-to-consumer investment platform Stake, the advice platform DASH Technology Group, and iExtend. Lloyd has also been involved in non-profit work ...

Solaris prepares to launch LIC for income seekers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
Solaris Investment Management has launched the Solaris Australian Equity Income Plus (ASX: SET), a listed investment company (LIC) designed to deliver monthly fully franked dividends for income-seeking investors. The shares for the LIC are expected ...

Fund manager red flags founders' massive pay packages

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
Spikes in remuneration among founders of ASX-listed companies are a red flag for one fund manager with nearly $9 billion in assets under management, actively pushing for fair and realistic pay structures. Speaking at this week's Australian Council of ...

Chalmers says Budget will make 'hard decisions'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... "It's why our Budget preparations are focused on three ambitious reform packages. A savings package. A productivity and investment package. And a tax package as well," Chalmers said. "These packages are being designed to work together. If the main constraint ...

Government looks to better define roles of regulators

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... have been raised by the Shield and First Guardian collapses. "One is around governance and accountability for managed investment schemes, and this is an issue which has been on the public agenda for a long time. It's a complex issue," Mulino said. ...

FAAA urges inclusion of advisers on occupational shortage list

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has made a submission to the Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) consultation on the 2026 Occupation Shortage List Stakeholder Survey. FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood said there is "substantial evidence" ...

Senate report provides fuel for CGT discount tweak

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... Meantime, the committee's final report also said the design of the discount has the potential to distort the allocation of investment across the economy, with existing homes making up a significant amount of capital gains that benefit from the discount. ...

First Super switches out group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
First Super has negotiated a mandate with a new group insurer that will see most of its members pay less for their cover. From April 1, group insurance for First Super members will be provided by TAL. The mandate sat with MetLife for the past 14 years ...

Rest 'diversifies its diversifiers' with US neighbourhood malls

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... growth as the portfolio scales." Bambrook said since majority of Rest's members are decades away from retirement, the investment will benefit from long-term demographic shifts, particularly millennials entering their peak spending years and the growth ...