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More M&A amid AI buildouts, heightened costs: Fidelity International

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
M&A activity will continue to ramp up across most sectors as businesses look to capitalise on artificial intelligence (AI) buildouts while sustaining higher operational costs, a new survey found. Fidelity International's annual Analyst Survey 2026 ...

Netwealth reports $4bn net inflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... $125.8 billion, an increase of 20.9% on the prior corresponding period. "The March 2026 quarter saw heightened market activity, with the ASX All Ordinaries index falling 3.7% over the period, contributing to a 3% reduction in FUA from market movements," ...

Rest strengthens investment approach, digital member services

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... favourable growth outlook," Rest said. "If the situation persists, higher interest rates for longer could slow global economic activity. Given these uncertainties, we expect market volatility to remain for the near term." At the same time, Rest said ...

FSC ups expectations on platform trustees' governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... When it comes to advice fee deductions, the standard requires trustees to monitor adviser fee flow patterns and adviser activity on member accounts and, among other things, where it has concerns deductions are not compliant, contact the member to find ...

Pacific Equity Partners adds four to local team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... for the Financial Management Association of Australia in Brisbane. "These new team members reflect the strong level of activity across the firm and our continued focus on delivering for investors," PEP said.

'Not much' RBA can do about short-term inflation woes: Hauser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... from getting into long-term inflation expectations," Hauser said. "The big question for us is what it's going to do to activity, and therefore what that's going to do to inflation over the medium term. Those are the numbers we're crunching through at ...

Super Consumers Australia raises concerns over Treasury reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... majority of Australians have their super savings in a safe, tightly regulated system. But today's announcements address activity on the edges of this safety zone." ASFA also welcomed the government's step to review CSLR's funding arrangements. "ASFA ...

Treasury proposes lead generator, super switching reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... said. Lead generation under the spotlight Treasury proposes several areas of reforms under the Curbing lead generation activity consultation: making lead generators more accountable for their conduct, strengthening the rules on unsolicited selling, addressing ...

Calm urged as global markets look 'increasingly unstable'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... Following the start of the Iran conflict, the super fund said it has seen a rise in average daily investment switching activity, while the number of visits to HESTA's investment pages have also risen sharply. HESTA said switching activity peaked ...

US private credit firm swoops in to save Star

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... executives of Star breached their duties in relation to the handling of risks associated with money laundering and criminal activity, in a case brought by ASIC. The court found Star's former chief executive Matthias Bekier and former chief legal ...