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Special Feature: Beyond safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
... assets." Aware Super recently completed a multi-year technology overhaul giving it a unified, whole-of-fund view across public and private assets. It uses BlackRock's Aladdin platform as its investment book of record while the accounting book of ...

Centuria quashes governance allegations amid fund downgrades

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
Centuria Capital Group (CNI) has swiftly provided a response to media reports suggesting that its exposure to the Bathla Group, a Sydney-based property constructor and developer, raised questions over its governance, following a downgrade of one of ...

Macquarie chair provides 'cautious' outlook at AGM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... contribution was down on the prior corresponding period (pcp), driven by the divestment of the North American and European public investments business in 2H26. Wikramanayake said despite this, MAM reported $748 billion in assets under management as at ...

ASIC simplifies guidance to improve capital raising activity

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... licensees such as investment banks and stockbrokers to help clients make investment decisions including about upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs), ASIC said. ASIC believes the updates will enable greater research analyst input into the IPO process ...

Former chief financial officer at Rest returns in new role

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... see Singh-Pangly overseeing strategy, finance, tax, valuations and investment operations, legal and company secretariat, public policy and advocacy, and strategy procurement and facilities. The appointment comes as Rest progresses its Super Simple for ...

Super Consumers appoints former regulator as chair

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... 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 the chief executive of CHOICE, a consumer advocacy group. Kell currently serves ...

FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... platform product as a "platform trustee". But it notes no such legal distinction currently exists in the law, consulting the public to settle on one. A clear and accessible definition, it says, would let the government target reforms more precisely at ...

HSBC appoints structured finance chief

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... Steve Hughes, Visweswara joined the bank July 20 and will lead the origination, execution, investment and distribution of public and private residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), asset backed securities (ABS), and bespoke structured finance ...

ASX to rejig corporate governance framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... make them fit-for-purpose in the current environment in which ASX-listed entities operate in. The bourse has kicked off a public consultation on the fifth edition of its Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations, which have been in place since ...

legalsuper appoints HESTA executive as CEO, names new CIO

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... years at Qantas Super, more recently serving as deputy chief investment officer, following more than a decade in senior public sector investment roles. The appointments come after legalsuper reported its MySuper Balanced option returned 10.09% for the ...