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Mercer's Helga Birgden departs after 18 years

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
Helga Birgden is leaving Mercer after 18 years as a partner and global chair for responsible investment. She plans to dedicate her efforts full-time to helping boards with sustainability and the circular economy, ending 25 years in the field for the ...

Shadow Minister for Financial Services Pat Conaghan resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... Labor's solution is a bigger tax," he said. Conaghan also criticised Mulino's recent proposals to force super funds to help fund the special levy. "Even the ACTU has publicly criticised Treasurer Jim Chalmers - declaring that working people should ...

Gold soars over Trump's Greenland rhetoric

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... asset-allocation perspective, we favour gold while maintaining an underweight stance on duration, as gold should, like bonds, help cushion equity drawdowns during periods of economic weakness and declining real yields. However, it has also demonstrated ...

bfinance names new managing director, insurance lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... advisor, I am delighted to be taking on this role full time. I look forward to working with colleagues and clients globally to help insurers address evolving investment priorities, governance demands and sustainability objectives." bfinance senior director ...

MA Financial backs FundBox's Australian expansion with $100m facility

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... platform, and we look forward to supporting the firm's growth in the Australian market." FundBox uses machine learning to help simplify the financing approval process, offering fast funding decisions with price transparency. Its proprietary risk technology ...

DASH adds two new executives to C-suite

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... "The opportunity to bring platform and software together under a single product vision is compelling, and I'm excited to help deliver technology that genuinely simplifies advice, improving efficiency for our customers and their clients," she said. Louw ...

Praemium aims for 'market-leading' super offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... it has continued to make progress across its strategic initiatives including the acquisition of Technotia Labs which will help accelerate its progress on business automation and client experience improvements; identified opportunities for automation ...

The revolving door of opportunities for advisers in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... markets is where the opportunities lie for advisers in 2026. "Financial advisers do their best work in front of clients. We help them decipher and digest global controversy and take the pain of decision or indecision away in their day-to-day lives, or ...

ETFs continue to drive managed accounts adoption: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
New research found almost three quarters of Australian financial advisers (73%) used ETFs for their clients' portfolios last year, as the investment vehicle plays an increasingly significant role in managed accounts. The number is set to increase to ...

ASIC returns $40m of CFD losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
ASIC has secured the return of nearly $40 million to more than 38,000 retail investors as it continues to drive substantial compliance improvement across Australia's contracts for difference (CFD) sector following a whole of industry review. CFDs ...