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Australian Unity hires from HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026

... officer in the wealth and capital markets division. Major held a number of roles at HESTA over his tenure, including chief risk officer and more recently acting as a strategic advisor for the investments function. "After 17 years at HESTA, riding the ...

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026

... are even more compelling reasons to invest outside of developed markets. "The USD has historically been a safe haven from risk. People are reassessing some of that to some extent, because, already, it's such a well-held asset class. Already, USD ...

Investors thrust into rules of the 'jungle': Economist

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026

... "This is a problem because for investors it means more volatile markets, particularly in equities." However, a "geopolitical risk premium" in the markets is filtering through. " Despite all this clear evidence that policy uncertainty is moving up, we ...

Government to fast track low-risk foreign investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026

... government is further strengthening Australia's foreign investment framework in a bid to unlock more investment and subject higher risk proposals to more rigorous scrutiny. This builds on the first tranche of reforms introduced in 2024. The changes will ...

Federated Hermes launches global equity fund

VINNY VUCAGO | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026

... integrates a proprietary ESG framework incorporating engagement insights from EOS, alongside Federated Hermes; multi factor risk model, MultiFRAME, which is used to manage portfolio risk and balance exposures across the portfolio. Geir Lode, who leads ...

Vital Business Partners names chief executive

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026

... support the firm's adoption of new technology like automation and artificial intelligence (AI), improve cyber security and risk management, while scaling the business sustainably. Welcoming the appointment, Jacobsen described Fisher as an experienced ...

CALI calls for government to help fund CSLR

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026

... to help fund the burgeoning Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) to stop putting "undue" pressure on Australia's risk advisers. The government has announced the shared responsibility of the scheme across all financial sub-sectors, including ...

Buyer beware: Private credit as a defensive play

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026

... can't figure out what's in the portfolio and what's driving the returns, then how can you possibly understand the risk? And how can you price that risk?" she told the panel. "It is very important to understand the fixed income landscape and ...

Retirees leave 90% of pension unspent: AMP Super

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026

... leaving around 90% of their account based pension unspent at death, which makes it important for adviser to tackle 'regret risk' in retirement. Speaking at the Financial Standard Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) in Sydney, Hillier said the 90% figure could ...

Emerging markets a 'reasonable' opportunity: Colchester

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026

... According to Colchester Management senior investment officer Martyn Simpson emerging markets have remained uncorrelated to other risk assets while providing reasonable returns to investors. Speaking at the Financial Standard Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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