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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
... superannuation money, regularly communicating with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). On top of this and her job, she finds time to educate and support other victims. Kee is part of the First Guardian and Falcon Superannuation Discussion ...

AI layoffs a correction from overhiring: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... intelligence (AI) in one way or another. However, Morningstar market strategist Lochlan Halloway said before reading these job cuts as the starting gun of the great AI replacement, it was important to look at the context. "In the last ten years, Atlassian ...

FAAA urges inclusion of advisers on occupational shortage list

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... workforce planning issues. However, we are concerned that the Stakeholder Survey methodology is heavily reliant upon advertised job vacancies and, in our view, does not allow for data on other factors to be adequately captured and considered in context," ...

'We've let our members down': Watson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... institutional fund managers." Watson said that while being a fund manager and growing members' retirement savings is part of the job, he said member services have taken a back seat. "The making of the money is the easy part of what we do as super funds. ...

Massive Acenda job cuts ire former staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... (FSU), since Resolution Life Australia and MLC Life officially merged at the end of 2025, Acenda implemented multiple rounds of job cuts affecting about 280 roles that sat across every department. More cuts across the business are expected to take place. ...

Global X to tap humanoid robotics boom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
Global X is looking to bring a Humanoid Robotics ETF to market in the coming weeks. The ETF manager confirmed to Financial Standard it is planning to launch the product shortly but could not specify the date. The Global X Humanoid Robotics ETF was registered ...

National Reconstruction Fund makes $200m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) is making a $200 million hybrid note investment in ASX-listed cloud, cybersecurity, and telecoms provider Macquarie Technology Group. The NRFC said the investment is to help ensure critical digital ...

ASIC has 'strong appetite' to hold boards to account

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... every director must take heed of." Long said the first is that: "Directors are remunerated, sometimes handsomely, to do their job, which requires real engagement with information provided to them." The second is that: "Directors cannot substitute reliance ...

Product showcase: Follow the leaders

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... 1980s, he notes. Today, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, cybersecurity and alternative energy sources are doing the same job. "In particular, over the last 30 years, sharemarket wealth creation has been particularly narrow with half of all global ...