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GDG sales hit record as FUM grows 29%

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2026
Generation Development Group (GDG) reported stronger funds under management (FUM) across its wealth business in the September quarter, led by record investment-bond sales at Generation Life despite more cautious investor and adviser activity. Group ...

Magellan sheds name, enters new focus as Barrenjoey

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2026
Magellan Financial Group will retire its name and rebrand to Barrenjoey Capital Partners, as the newly combined group heightens its focus on investment banking, institutional sales, trading and execution services. Shareholders at the annual general ...

ASIC ups thresholds for NTA requirements

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2026
... $200,000, and the $500,000 NTA minimum will increase to $700,000. The $5 million cap that applies to the average value of fund assets limb of the concessional NTA requirement would rise to $7 million, and the $10 million NTA minimum would rise to $14 ...

Merricks Capital operating chief joins PC firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2026
Former Merricks Capital chief operating officer has joined a specialised private credit firm after overseeing Merricks Capital's financial and operational businesses for the past six years. Sandra Chui has joined Privity Credit in the same position ...

ESSSuper names chief executive

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2026
The board of ESSS Super has announced its new chief executive following Robbie Campo's departure in August. The board president of ESSSuper, Pam Rebecca, has appointed Moana Weir as the new head of ESSSuper. Weir has been acting in the position ...

Former super ombudsman joins HESTA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2026
HESTA beefs up its member engagement expertise after appointing a former AFCA ombudsman as an external adviser to the fund. Heather Gray joins the fund's Member Service Committee, bringing her six years experience as lead ombudsman, superannuation at ...

ART rolls out new investment technology platform

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2026
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has launched a new portfolio management system as the $375 billion superannuation fund strengthens its investment capabilities targeting further growth. The platform, powered by BlackRock's Aladdin technology, brings ...

MA Financial locks down flagship private credit fund, shutters another

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2026
MA Financial has now suspended all redemptions and applications to its MA Secured Loan Series Fund, a $2.3 billion private credit portfolio after it imposed a temporary redemption limit in August. It will also wind up the MA Secured Real Estate Income ...

IFM continues global infra drive with appointment, acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2026
... continue delivering strong outcomes for our clients and the working people they represent." Meanwhile, IFM, via its managed fund, has acquired majority stake in Associated British Ports (ABP), a UK port operator, from CPP Investments and OMERS. Both ...

Rent stress threatens retirement security

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2026
Declining home ownership is deepening Australia's housing divide, with lower-income households facing growing rental stress and potentially entering retirement with significantly less wealth, according to the Actuaries Institute. The report, Spotlight ...