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FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... an opportunity to tick off some personal administration she'd been meaning to get to, such as changing her pet and health insurance, and electricity and gas providers. She also intended to change her superannuation. "At the time I was with Macquarie ...

FSC questions SMC's claim on younger members' super switches

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has questioned Super Members Council's (SMC) recent research which found a spike in younger members switching out of industry funds into self managed super funds (SMSF) and platform products. FSC data to the ...

Fidelity expands ESG role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... August 2021. Before that, she was a senior responsible investment adviser at HESTA, the $101 billion industry fund for health and community workers. At HESTA, she set up the investor-led initiative of '40:40 Vision', aimed at achieving gender ...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquires Asset Partners Private Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... Beattie, and three senior partners Troy Hartley, Janusz Mazurek and Adrian Whitaker. In 2024, AJG acquired Melbourne-based Health Insurance Consultants Australia, a health insurance consultancy and brokerage firm serving corporate clients, small and ...

Global X to tap humanoid robotics boom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
Global X is looking to bring a Humanoid Robotics ETF to market in the coming weeks. The ETF manager confirmed to Financial Standard it is planning to launch the product shortly but could not specify the date. The Global X Humanoid Robotics ETF was registered ...

European asset manager selects Sodor Capital as local distributor

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
Praemia REIM, a European real estate investment manager, has chosen Sodor Capital to distribute its strategies to local high-net-worth and institutional investors. Praemia REIM is Europe's largest healthcare real estate manager, with $29.6 billion (€18bn) ...

Infocus reinforces focus on adviser support, governance with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... Creswell has joined the national advice group, where he will oversee adviser audits, quality advice coaching, business health checks and adviser support, helping to ensure Infocus' governance framework remains robust and practical by working with head ...

Mega-funds grow but net cashflows steadily decline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
The number of superannuation mega-funds increased to 10 in 2025, with their growth being almost entirely organic as their net cashflows decline. Willis Towers Watson's Super Industry 2026 report shows four more super funds joined the mega-fund club ...

TAL to create Pathways for simpler mental health claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
A new digital platform named Pathways will be developed by TAL, the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (DHCRC), University of Sydney, and Workcom to improve the experience of making an income protection claims for mental health reasons. The ...

Former IFM executives branch out, launch Black Kite Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
Three former IFM Investors executives have launched Black Kite Partners, a private equity investment manager with backing from Scarcity Partners. Last October, IFM announced it was dumping its private equity strategy to prioritise global investments ...