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RBA workers slam 'copy and paste' pay offer

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
... employer, but instead they are treating their staff like mugs,' Angrisano said. "RBA workers are performing a very important service to the Australian public, and they don't need this arrogant dismissal from management regarding their very real cost-of-living ...

VBP names inaugural chief growth officer

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
... strengthening VBP's position as an outsourcing partner to the advice profession. Kouimanis will also support product and service innovation, including the expansion of VBP's agentic AI and automation capabilities. He said VBP's focus on combining people ...

Product Showcase: Making group insurance count

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
When integrated advice drives practice growth Many financial advisers aspire to provide genuinely integrated advice, but finding ways to support more clients without increasing operational demands remains a challenge. As they re-evaluate where they ...

Treasury consults to improve data visibility into MISs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
Treasury has opened a consultation for managed investment schemes (MISs) to provide more data to help identify emerging risks earlier. The collapse of Shield and First Guardian highlighted gaps in regulators' visibility of the sector, which costed Australians ...

Prime Value Opportunities Fund winds up

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
... and generated solid returns of 9% p.a. since inception." "It was managed by ST Wong, and we thank him for his dedicated service to the organisation and unitholders over that time," PVAM said. Prime Value, together with sister company Shakespeare Property ...

Pacific AM to land SMA solutions Down Under, appoints investment chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
Pacific Portfolio Solutions (PPS), the related body corporate of Pacific Asset Management (PAM), will bring the latter's separately managed account (SMA) solutions to Australia from the UK, welcoming an industry stalwart to chart the course. Both ...

Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... proportion of older Australians receiving a pension or income support payment is projected to fall from 66% to 52%. Age and service pension expenditure is projected to decline from 2.3% of GDP to 1.8% over the same period, compared to the OECD average ...

JPMAM, QIA join forces in $28bn partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) to establish a $28 billion (US$20bn) partnership to support ongoing investments initiatives, as well ...

Mulino opens CSLR special levy consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
Treasury has commenced a targeted consultation on the distributions of the 2026-27 special levy for the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). This comes after the CSLR operator announced in July that the estimated claim costs for 2026-27 were $190.3 ...

New digital asset trading platform targets HNWs, instos

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
CloudTech Group has launched a digital asset trading platform in Australia giving institutional, high-net-worth and individual investors access to aggregated liquidity, institutional-grade pricing and advanced trading tools. RooRooEx, built on Integral's ...