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Sports no longer a sponsorship opportunity for super funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) head of research Ross Clare believes sports is becoming an important asset class for super funds, noting the dynamics in sports investment has transformed drastically over recent years, based ...

Australian economy growth 'stronger than expected'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
... and business sentiment. Bloxham said this was "in part due to the Middle East conflict, but also due to the RBA's three back-to-back rate hikes and the big tax shifts that were delivered in the May Federal budget". Despite the stronger than expected ...

Swyftx confirms executive line up

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
Swyftx has confirmed its leaders, including its chief executive who served as the managing director at Lazard for nearly a decade previously. Andrea Yuen has stepped into the role of chief executive, while Cathryn Lyall has become the chair after acting ...

Pengana takes WAM feud over PIA to Takeovers Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
... before, results from the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) showed 65% of unitholders approved the off-market equal access buy-back of up to 100% of PIA shares from eligible shareholders. Washington H. Soul Pattinson-backed Pengana in its lawsuit, which ...

AIA Australia rolls out TPD CORE

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
AIA Australia has launched TPD CORE, a new retail product that charges lower premiums and provides clearer claim assessment criteria for total and permanent disability (TPD). Some of TPD CORE's key features include a five-year rate guarantee, a ...

CEDA warns migration cuts will have economic spillover

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has warned while a dramatic cut in headline migration figures might be seductive, changes at scale will have a spillover in the economy including the labour market. The government's immigration ...

Opex Consulting taps Iress data lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
Former head of data science at Iress has joined the Adelaide-based financial advice solutions provider to lead a wide range of its ongoing initiatives to enhance efficiency for financial advisers. Alten Hulme has joined Opex Consulting as head of enterprise ...

Actuaries Institute launches AI risk management guide

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
... processes for managing traditional risks, but AI creates a vastly different risk profile, meaning organisations need to go back to first principles when deciding how to manage AI risks and assign responsibility for oversight. Managing AI risk needs to ...

Sequoia revokes dividends, chief financial officer exits

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... stemming from the Shield and First Guardian Master Fund collapses. Recently ASIC withdrew legal proceedings, and Sequoia is back on the quest to offload Interpac. "Notwithstanding these issues, Sequoia continues to selectively and actively assess organic ...

Iress sharpens tech integration to reduce adviser admin burden

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... platform that enables advisers to send documents for signing directly from Xplan and automatically archive executed documents back into the client file. Annature chief executive Corey Cacic said: "Our integration with Iress Xplan means we can now automate ...
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