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Global X to expand product suite with three new ETFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2026
Global X has told Financial Standard it is launching three new ETFs this year, including one focussing on space technology. Global X said both the Global X Space Tech ETF and the Global X S&P World Natural Resources ETF are on track to launch this year ...

UniSuper names new board member

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
... currently vice president of corporate services at Edith Cowan University (ECU), where he oversees finance, information technology, buildings and facilities and commercial operations. He is also the director of ECU Holdings, the university's investment ...

Aussie private credit shows strength, lures offshore investors: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
... both realised and unrealised returns. Private equity saw $13.6 billion in deals across 147 transactions in 2025, with technology accounting for about one third. AIC chief executive Navleen Prasad said the yearbook shows private capital is playing a bigger ...

More M&A amid AI buildouts, heightened costs: Fidelity International

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
... a wide range of businesses and points the way to streams of revenue that extend years into the future. "Information technology is the clearest beneficiary, but the effects are also strongly visible in the materials and energy sectors, where demand for ...

Rest strengthens investment approach, digital member services

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... appointment is effective April 28 and he will be based in Melbourne. Bringing more than 20 years' experience in digital, technology and delivery leadership across the super and banking sectors, Arnott was most recently head of member platforms at AustralianSuper ...

Digital advice spurring demand for full personal advice: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... this means embedding digital advice within endorsed advice strategies rather than treating it as an adjunct tool. For technology providers, it means demonstrating "ecosystem fit, governance maturity and clarity of operating philosophy, not simply technical ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... US$142.2 billion to US$144.9 billion. According to KPMG, the sectors that saw the most PE investment globally in 2025 were technology, media and telecommunications, industrial manufacturing, and energy and natural resources. "While the uptick in investment ...

Future Fund targets $15m in savings, reviews staffing

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... Australia's sovereign wealth fund said it will achieve the goal by maximising the benefits of improved data and technology systems it has developed internally over the years, as well as renegotiating externally provided services. It will also review ...

UK's Nest to invest $860m in private companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... middle market private companies. There is to be a focus on non-cyclical businesses across sectors like healthcare, technology, consumer and industrial, Nest said. It will also show a preference for companies that generate strong, recurring revenues and ...

Former Big Un chief pleads guilty to insider trading

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
Former chief executive of collapsed ASX-listed technology firm Big Un Richard Evans has pleaded guilty to one count of communicating inside information in Sydney District Court. Evans, formerly Evertz, gave inside information about Big Un to a shareholder ...