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First half steady, net inflows positive for Fiducian

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... underlying funds were the Candriam Sustainable Global Equity Fund operated by Ausbil Investment Management, and an Australian ESG shares mandate operated by Solaris Investment Management. In 2021, the Solaris mandate was replaced by the Perpetual Wholesale ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of Qld securities dealer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Pulse Markets, a wholly owned subsidiary of BIR Financial, for providing incompetent financial services, including inadequate supervision of its corporate authorised representatives ...

Acenda enters retirement market with new solution

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
Acenda Life has launched a new guaranteed retirement income solution in response to the findings of a new research paper, which highlights areas where financial advisers can help build retirement confidence. The Lifestream Guaranteed Income strategy ...

AustralianSuper calls for reform in pre-Budget submission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
AustralianSuper has made six reform requests to the government ahead of the Federal Budget, which is set to be delivered in May. AustralianSuper head of corporate affairs Steve McMillan said the pre-Budget submission "focuses on reforms that will enhance ...

Second consultation kicks off on ESG product labelling

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... that the regime is targeted at retail investors, and Treasury has engaged with the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA) to assist with exploratory research into investor decision-making. Investors continue to face challenges ...

Super moves: Top super funds lose key risk executives

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... Investment & Wealth Advisory practice. However, he is best known for his 17 years as head of investment risk at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). There, he led the specialist team providing guidance on investment risk, asset-liability ...

UniSuper adds five to its investment ranks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... Himpoo was not the only former UniSuper investment executive to surface at Playfair. The fund's former head of Australian equities, Simon Hudson, left UniSuper in July 2022 and later joined Playfair as joint chief investment officer. UniSuper head ...

Frontier hires senior consultant from JANA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
Frontier Advisors has hired a senior consultant from a rival asset consulting firm. Martin Langham joins Frontier from JANA Investment Advisors, where he managed client relationships in Australia and New Zealand and led research on equities and alternative ...

Impact Alpha Partners boosts team ahead of new strategy launch

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... establishing the operating model needed to bring the MEP concept to investors. He brings four decades of experience leading Australian investment firms and will establish the operating infrastructure required to bring MEPs to market, including systems ...

Madigan Capital chair retires, transfers shares to co-owner

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... immensely proud of what we have achieved together. "Building a firm from the ground-up in an emerging sector, like Australian real estate debt, requires your 'all'. Now that Madigan is on a firm foundation and in safe hands, I'm looking forward to spending ...