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Former chief financial officer at Rest returns in new role

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
Rest is welcoming back its former chief financial officer as its inaugural chief commercial officer. The $100 billion profit to member superannuation fund said it was reshaping its executive team to support the next phase of its long-term growth strategy. ...

Macquarie chief to step down after eight years at the helm

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
After nearly four decades at Macquarie, chief executive and managing director Shemara Wikramanayake will retire from the role in November. Current head of banking and financial services Greg Ward has been named as Wikramanayake's successor, effective ...

Viridian promotes to investment team, launches Infinity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
Viridian Financial Group announced three promotions to its investment leadership team as it merges its asset management and private wealth businesses under a single unit called Infinity. Viridian has brought together Infinity Asset Management and its ...

Global X launches global SMID ETF

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
Global X ETF has expanded its international equity range with the launch of the Global X MSCI International Small and Mid-Cap ETF (ASX: ISMD), offering Australian investors low-cost exposure to small- and mid-cap companies across developed markets outside ...

Aware Super acquires $226m real estate investment

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
Aware Real Estate has expanded its Sydney CBD office portfolio, acquiring a 50% stake in 100 Market Street for approximately $226 million in a move that strengthens its exposure to prime commercial real estate. The investment establishes a new partnership ...

Super Consumers appoints former regulator as chair

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) has appointed former deputy chair of ASIC and ACCC as its board chair. Peter Kell brings decades of experience in consumer protection, financial services regulation and public policy to SCA and has previously served as ...

Fight between SMC and FSC on super rages on

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
The Super Members Council (SMC) has called out the Financial Services Council (FSC) on making selective claims about performance and costs of 'platform' super funds compared with performance-tested mainstream MySuper funds. A latest research by FSC ...

Middle East conflict, inflation continues to weigh on confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
Although consumer confidence has increased slightly according to ANZ's index, weaker personal finance and the economic outlook continue to halt confidence. The ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian Consumer Confidence index rose just 0.3 points to 75.6 in the week ...

Praemium reaches $78bn in FUA with HNW focus

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
The company said its effort targeting the high-net-worth segment has worked out to its favour, as performances across its platform and non-custodial portfolio administration business have pushed its total funds under administration (FUA) to $77.9 billion ...

FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Grab a shopping cart and enter the investment supermarket. The shelves are stacked - an Aussie large-cap fund here, an ETF there, a fixed-income fund somewhere near the back, past the alternatives nobody quite understands. There is an estimated $1 trillion ...