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Hostplus weighs digital asset exposure for members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... around US$122,000. It saw a sharp sell-off in February but has since stabilised in the US$65,000 - US$75,000 range. AMP is so far the only super fund that has gone against the grain, allocating around 0.05% of its assets into cryptocurrency in late 2024 ...

Legalsuper chief to take top job at Equip

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
Legalsuper will bid farewell to its chief executive Luke Symons, who is set to become chief of Equip Super. It is also losing its chief investment officer. Symons has been named incoming chief executive of Equip Super, taking over on July 1. Last week ...

Fundamental focus necessary in volatile markets: Auscap

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... cause those cost earnings to move around and make their short term returns look really volatile, in the long run, they become far less important." Carleton said Auscap's strategy includes buying these high quality companies when they are on sale. "But ...

Magellan strengthens ranks with twin hires

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
Magellan Financial Group is bolstering its senior ranks, bringing in new heads of product and operations as the Sydney-based asset manager pushes ahead with plans to strengthen its next phase of growth. Jonathan Gad joins as head of product, tasked ...

Equip Super appoints acting chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
The $40 billion super fund will farewell Scott Cameron shortly, naming an interim replacement while the search for a successor continues. At the same time, the fund has welcomed a chief legal officer. With Cameron finishing up at the end of March, Equip ...

Adviser reprimanded over clients' loss of cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... December 2025, and the decision was handed down on March 18. There have been two other FSCP determinations handed down so far this year. One was an adviser who was reprimanded for failing to make reasonable inquiries to obtain complete information about ...

North adds private markets SMA for retail investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... implementation has been the challenge," Rogan said. "Bringing this onto platform with a lower minimum investment makes it far more practical to use in everyday client portfolios. "Manager selection is critical in private markets, where outcomes can vary ...

ETF home bias more prominent amid global unrest: BlackRock

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... version of the S&P500 ETF has been one of the top gainers. "I think that's clearly because markets and investors are being far more nuanced around the differing monetary policy outlooks in Australia and the US," Haban-Beer Stats said. She added this ...

Brighter Super, QIC back autonomous robot company

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
Brighter Super and QIC have spearheaded a fundraise for Future Maintenance Technologies (FMT), a robot maker focused on automating maintenance for the global rail and aviation industries. The Series A raise led by QIC Ventures and backed by its Brighter ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... can't be a one and done." Outgoing ASIC chair Joe Longo has admitted that failures hit the wealth management ecosystem far and wide and reached an "industrial scale" that implicated research houses, trustees, lead generators, auditors and licensees. ...