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Apex Group head of super to depart

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2026
Apex Group managing director for superannuation will leave his post in September, joining its technology partner in a C-suite capacity. Andrew Griffiioen is set to leave the company after overseeing its super business for more than four years, joining ...

Apostle taps former Platinum AM chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
Apostle Funds Management has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of managing director Mitchell Gunman earlier this year. Jeff Peters, the former chief executive of Platinum Asset Management, will join the firm on August 20, as Apostle ...

Special Feature: Beyond safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
Bigger funds demand bigger capabilities. As Australia's super sector moves towards the trillion-dollar era, custodians are stepping out of the shadows and into a more strategic role, with data stewardship, private markets expertise and AI capability ...

AMP appoints employer partnership lead

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
AMP has created a new executive role overseeing its employer and adviser partnerships as it seeks to deepen engagement with two of the key channels shaping Australians' retirement outcomes. The wealth manager has appointed Richard Millington as ...

Jobs data surprises on the upside, rate hike on the cards

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... indicators for the economy show weakening. "The sharp rise in employment in June, followed two months which had netted to a close to flat result, which has meant that the three-month average and the six-month average for employment are now both running ...

Aussie Olympian's brother sentenced over crypto scam

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
The brother of Australian breakdancing Olympian 'Raygun' has been sentenced 12 months' imprisonment for his role in a global cryptocurrency scam. Earlier in the year, former finance director Brendan Gunn pleaded guilty to dealing with more ...

Fund managers unsure about expenditures on AI

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... use AI for 25-49% of their investment decision-making, while 10% rely on it for "the majority" of their investment calls. Close to two in five (38%) apply AI to 25-49% of their risk processes, and 8% use it for most risk assessments. Across operations ...

STOXX broadens global equity suite

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
STOXX has expanded its global equity index offering with the launch of the STOXX Investable Market Indices (IMI), a new benchmark family designed to give institutional investors broader, more flexible exposure across developed and emerging equity markets. ...

Acclaim Wealth makes C-suite appointment in newly created role

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
Acclaim Wealth has promoted its head of adviser services into a newly created C-suite role to reflect the company's continued growth and focus on enhancing service delivery to its national adviser network. Aimie West extends her eight-year tenure ...

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 ...