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Sequoia plots potential restructure

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
Sequoia Financial Group, the parent company of InterPrac Financial Planning, is conducting a thorough review of all its operating subsidiaries for a potential restructuring. The ASX-listed firm said the review will provide insight if a restructuring ...

Australia's family offices surpass $323bn in assets

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
Family offices in Australia have surpassed $323 billion in assets, according to data from Rainmaker Information. "As wealth creation, inter-generational wealth transfers and business exits continue to accelerate globally, family offices have emerged ...

Active strategies a different story in ETFs: MSCI

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
Despite continuous underperformance from active fund managers in recent years, MSCI's new report highlights the sentiment is drastically different when it comes to actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Australian advisers are increasing their ...

Guardians names head of portfolio completion

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation has appointed a new head of portfolio completion who hails from QIC's liquid markets team. Michael McNee joins the portfolio completion effective October 19. The team manages the NZ$95 billion super fund's ...

FNZ chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
FNZ chief executive Blythe Masters has resigned after two years in the top job as Stephen Welch assumes the role of executive group chair and interim chief executive. Masters will continue to support FNZ in an advisory capacity for six months to help ...

The SILC Group names head of trustee

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
The SILC Group has appointed fund governance executive Kylie Holbrook in the newly created role of head of trustee and responsible entity solutions. Holbrook will report to Michelle Tay, group executive director, working closely with the leadership ...

AI moves into the advice process

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
Financial advisers could soon spend less time piecing together clients' histories and more time acting on them, as Marloo launches an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that searches entire client books alongside new research showing consumers are increasingly ...

ASIC extends wholesale markets pact with FMSB

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
ASIC has extended its cooperation with the Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) for another three years, continuing a partnership focused on the development of global standards for fair and effective wholesale financing markets. The extension will ...

Sodor Capital plots New Zealand expansion with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
Australian fund distributor Sodor Capital has appointed an executive to lead its New Zealand expansion, while opening a new office in Singapore. The expansion across the Asia Pacific region follows a distribution mandate awarded to the firm from a European ...

Fed's rate hike exacerbates Australia's outlook

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
The Federal Reserve has lifted its interest rate for the first time in more than three years, contributing to the ongoing adversity the global economy is facing, especially in Australia. The Fed has called a rate hike overnight, increasing the interest ...