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Global X urges investment education as property values fall

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2026
The surge in Australian household wealth driven by superannuation and financial assets rather than property, builds the case for an urgent need for Australians to improve their investment knowledge, Global X said. Latest figures by the Australian Bureau ...

Canadian pension fund takes 5.6% stake in Inghams

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
... continue to play through this initiative," PSP Investments president and chief executive Deborah Orida said. "For more than a decade, Australia has been an important market for us. This Memorandum of Understanding strengthens cooperation among like-minded ...

VBP names inaugural chief growth officer

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
Financial planning outsourcing specialist Vital Business Partners (VBP) has created a new executive role focused on expanding advice relationships, winning new clients and strengthening its offering to advice businesses and licensees. Craig Kouimanis ...

CFS distribution executive steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... appointed to the role of chief operating officer, while Shenaz Waples joined as chief people officer. Before CFS, Quirk spent a decade at BT Financial Group in business development roles, rising up the ranks to take on senior management positions in ...

Product Showcase: Making group insurance count

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... hidden gems of holistic advice: group insurance. A case for group insurance That opportunity has become more apparent as a decade of superannuation reforms has fundamentally changed how Australians access and manage insurance through super. Over the ...

Active managers face selection test: Morningstar

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... weaker 10-year active fund success rates. However, top-quartile active managers deliver positive excess returns over the decade in seven of the nine categories analysed. Morningstar senior analyst Zunjar Sanzgiri said passive strategies generally outperformed ...

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 ...

Rest director for product departs

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
The general manager, product at Rest has left the super fund after nearly four years. Scott Tully has departed the $113 billion fund after a close to four-year stint. He joined Rest as head of investment option development in March 2023 on a contract ...

Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... productivity went backwards by an average of 0.1 % p.a. over the past six years. "Simply matching the 2010s - previously the worst decade for productivity growth in the modern data - would require productivity to grow by 3% a year for the next four years ...

Australia's alpha female representation regresses: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2026
... are near the bottom of the country table, with just 8% and 7.2% women managers respectively. The study found that after a decade of slow progress in improving female representation in funds management, gains have been stunted. Women now account for 12.6% ...