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Rest strengthens investment approach, digital member services

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
Rest is bolstering its total portfolio approach with a new mandate, while appointing an executive to help grow its digital member services. Rest will implement UK-based Rimes' total portfolio view capability through its investment platform, Matrix ...

FSC ups expectations on platform trustees' governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
A new standard from the Financial Services Council aims to strengthen governance practices across superannuation platforms, including limiting unadvised members to simpler investments, enhancing due diligence of options, and greater oversight of advisers ...

Australian Ethical bleeds $500m amid geopolitical tension

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
Australian Ethical's funds under management sits at $13.57 billion, dipping by over $500 million since December as investment performance was hit by the conflict in the Middle East. But this was offset in part by the signing of a new institutional ...

Global economy 'drifting' to adverse scenario: IMF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
International Monetary Fund (IMF) director of research Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said with each passing day that disruption continues in the Middle East, the global economy is drifting closer to the adverse scenario of its projections. The IMF has downgraded ...

NGS Super awards mandate to Milliman FRM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
NGS Super has named Milliman Financial Risk Management (FRM) as its new implementation manager. NGS Super senior portfolio manager for alternatives Carson Drummond said the partnership improves flexibility and efficiency in the fund's internal tactical ...

SMC calls for guaranteed super for domestic workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
The Super Members Council (SMC) has called on the government to scrap laws which deny domestic workers in private homes - cleaners, housekeepers and nannies - guaranteed superannuation. SMC said these workers are primarily women and the laws are "outdated ...

'Not much' RBA can do about short-term inflation woes: Hauser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) deputy governor Andrew Hauser said the central bank is focused on getting inflation back in line over the medium to long term while acknowledging the short-term outlook remains bleak. Speaking at an event in New York ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
Private markets have experienced significant growth in recent years, and investors are showing no signs of slowing down. Global private equity (PE) investment rose from US$1.8 trillion in 2024 to US$2.1 trillion in 2025, despite a decline in deal volume ...

Australia is 'laissez-faire' on eligibility for semi-liquid investments: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
While investors in the US are becoming increasingly acquainted with semi-liquid structures, the story is vastly different here in Australia due to its regulatory landscape, Morningstar said. Morningstar's Demystifying Semiliquid Fund Structures - An ...

Strengthen Life Code for mental health crisis, claims handling: Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
The Life Insurance Code of Practice should be strengthened to reflect the growing mental health crisis, better support vulnerable customers and improve the claims-handling process. These are the key themes that emerged in the newly published Life Insurance ...