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Mercer's OCIO lead set to depart

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
Mercer Australia is set to lose the head of its OCIO business after more than 17 years with the firm. Mercer partner Craig Hughes is stepping down to take some downtime, with plans to return to the industry in the second half of 2026. "Working within ...

Iress fills APAC wealth role from within

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... complex advice. He also flagged plans to enhance client engagement tools. The appointment follows Iress's latest full-year result, which showed a 10.6% decline in net profit to $79.3 million. However, cash earnings on a continuing business basis ...

First Super names interim investment lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
First Super has appointed an interim head of investments as it searches for a permanent replacement. Chris Artis, the former chief investment officer of the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF), has joined the industry fund in the ...

Advice remains profitable for those who prepare: Centurion Market Makers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... offers are often structured as recurring revenue multiples for practicality. Based on what Centurion Market Makers saw last year, a financial planning business co-located with the buyer can sell for between 2.5x to 3.5x recurring revenue. Meantime, a ...

Active ETFs drew unprecedented flows in 2025: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... Active ETFs recorded unprecedented flows in the fourth quarter of 2025, amassing almost $3 billion in new money. For the full year the segment jumped to $7.8 billion, rising from $5 billion in 2024. Morningstar's review of the industry found flows into ...

Evidentia names chief investment strategist

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
Evidentia Group has appointed a new chief investment strategist, effective early April. Gareth Aird will join early next month to lead the firm's macroeconomic research capabilities, including strong focus on interest rates, inflation, currency movements ...

GDP rise is 'good news that's actually bad news'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
Australian gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.8% in the December quarter 2025 and 2.6% compared to a year ago, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "There was broad based economic growth in the quarter, with rises observed in a large ...

UniSuper helps raise $30m for PlasmaLeap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
UniSuper, as part of a consortium, has helped raise $30 million for PlasmaLeap Technologies, a sustainable technology provider for fuel and chemicals producers. The fund raise was led by the Gates Foundation, Investible and Yara Growth Ventures. UniSuper's ...

AFCA membership extended for Shield, First Guardian-linked firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... would risk unfairly excluding impacted consumers. AFCA received a total of 111,373 complaints in 2025, up 14% from the prior year. Large-scale collapses in the financial advice sector led to a 58% increase in investment and advice complaints, including ...

Centuria bullish on large format retail sector, launches new fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... Homemaker Centre Fund with investments starting from $50,000. It is a closed-ended unlisted fund providing an initial five-year term and an initial forecast distribution of 7% per annum for FY27 and FY28. Centuria's LFR portfolio expanded to $1.8 billion ...