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Vanguard to acquire custodian Altruist

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
Vanguard will acquire custodian and investment platform Altruist in a bid to expand into the American independent financial adviser market. The two parties entered into a definitive agreement, the financial terms of which were not disclosed. Outlets ...

UniSuper unlocks close to $15k for members moving into retirement

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... income, easy access to tools and calculators, and advice at every level..." The implementation follows Colonial First State's launch of a similar offering this month. It was flagged when CFS announced its "largest-ever" expansion of its retirement offerings ...

AUDC supports startup to launch tokenised private credit offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
Australian stablecoin issuer AUDC has selected a local fintech company to integrate its Australian domiciled stablecoin for a tokenised private credit offering via its grant program. Kasu is a real-world-asset private credit platform that connects loan ...

Super trustee business dents Equity Trustees' FY26 results

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
... Trustees said. "Client satisfaction improved during the year, with further enhancements planned for FY27 including the launch of a client portal, a unified payments process and continued evolution of the estate management service offering." Meanwhile ...

Aura Group launches PE income fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
Aura Group has launched the Aura PE Evergreen Income Fund, an evergreen private markets strategy designed to address the liquidity, income and capital call challenges. The Singapore domiciled fund targets 12-15% p.a. net returns and a 5% p.a. distribution ...

American Century names APAC managing director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
... Value Active ETF (AVSV), Avantis Global Equity Active ETF (AVNG) and Avantis Emerging Markets Equity Active ETF (AVTE). The launch of the Avantis funds built on American Century's nearly decade-long presence in Australia, which includes the Global ...

Vanguard adds floating rate ETF, managed fund to product suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
Vanguard has launched an Australian floating rate bond index strategy, available through both an ETF and a managed fund format. The Vanguard Australian Floating Rate Bond Index ETF (ASX: VFLT) has been listed on the ASX, and became the firm's first ...

AllianceBernstein launches emerging markets active ETF

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2026
... quality and stability characteristics, AB said. AB managing direction of the Australian client group Ben Moore said the launch formed part of the firm's broader push to expand its active ETF platform. "The build-out of our active ETF platform remains ...

JANA launches private credit trust

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2026
... investing, including manager access, portfolio diversification, capital deployment and ongoing governance. JANA said the launch reflects growing demand from wholesale investors for private credit solutions that combine rigorous manager selection, strong ...

ASX launches first Australian bond and credit index futures

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026
... respective Bloomberg AusBond indices and traded on ASX 24. ASX acting group executive, markets Danial Sinclair said the launch represented an evolution of the exchange's interest rate derivatives offering. "The launch of Bond and Credit Index Futures ...