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Infocus reinforces focus on adviser support, governance with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... advice sector. "The advice sector has been through significant change over the past decade, and advisers are operating in a far more complex regulatory environment than they once were. Getting the balance right between clear governance expectations and ...

Australians unlock only 1% of $600bn in home equity: Deloitte

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... billion of home equity can be unlocked through structured equity release products, yet only a fraction has been used thus far. Deloitte's 2026 Australian Reverse Mortgage Survey - compiled in collaboration with Heartland Australia Bank, Gateway Bank ...

ASX partners with LSEG to upgrade derivatives platform

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
ASX will partner with LSEG to modernise and upgrade its derivatives trading platform. ASX 24 trades the Australian and New Zealand interest rate, equity and commodity futures and options markets, supporting some of the world's longest trading hours. ...

NZ Super continues to build investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
New Zealand's $93 billion sovereign wealth fund is continuing to build up its investment team as it charts a path to double its assets over the next decade. New Zealand Super - led by former Funds SA chief executive Jo Townsend (pictured) - has ...

UniSuper helps raise $30m for PlasmaLeap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
UniSuper, as part of a consortium, has helped raise $30 million for PlasmaLeap Technologies, a sustainable technology provider for fuel and chemicals producers. The fund raise was led by the Gates Foundation, Investible and Yara Growth Ventures. UniSuper's ...

New SMC campaign to help Aussies care for 'golden super goose'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... Australians don't understand the basics of super, and many still feel disconnected from it because retirement feels like it's far away for them. SMC chief executive Misha Schubert said the initiative strives to close the gap between education and action. ...

Super moves: Mercer, AusSuper, Future Fund, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
Padraig Brown has left Mercer after more than 14 years, ending his stint as New Zealand chief investment officer. He is joining NZX-listed Precinct Properties, the country's largest commercial property owner, worth about $3.4 billion. At NZX-listed ...

UniSuper faces fresh greenwashing allegation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... performance update last week, UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce pointed out that both Microsoft and Nvidia are down so far in 2026; the total return on Microsoft has been roughly -15% while Nvidia's has been -3%. Pearce also noted that ...

QIC partners with Wollemi Capital in new $80m investment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
QIC has partnered with Wollemi Capital, a climate specialist investment firm, to invest $80 million in Australia's first commercially scaled food waste to energy plant in Queensland. The Kalfresh Bioenergy Facility will be led by Queensland vegetable ...

Process to become an adviser remains 'unattractive': SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... reform could consequently lower the standard for advisers, claiming that the government may have "brought the pendulum too far back the other way." "My concern with that is all that hard work we've tried to do as a sector to insert confidence and raise ...