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FEATURE | Managed accounts | Industrialising advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
Consider a situation where a financial adviser believes an investment is no longer suitable for their clients. Perhaps a fund manager is underperforming or a stock held directly by clients needs to be sold. In the past, advisers would often have to ...

FEATURE | Group insurance | Dusk to dawn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
Australia is in the grips of an unprecedented mental health crisis. It joins a league of other, what anthropologist Joseph Henrich coins as "Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich and Democratic" or "WEIRD" countries, grappling with the perfect storm ...

JPMAM expands private equity strategy to wealth clients

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has launched the JPMorgan Private Markets Fund (JPMF) in Australia, in a bid to bring its institutional-grade private equity strategy to private wealth clients. JPMF is a diversified, multi-manager private equity ...

FEATURE: Cryptocurrency, control and confidence

VINNY VUCAGO  |  SATURDAY, 15 AUG 2026
For much of Australia's compulsory superannuation era, investing for retirement has been built on a quiet understanding: contribute consistently, trust professional fund managers and allow time to do the work. For a growing number of younger Australians ...

State Street launches first active ETFs in Australia

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2026
State Street Investment Management has launched two actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in an extension of its partnership with Blackstone Credit and Insurance. These are the first actively managed ETFs launched by either firm in Australia. ...

InvestStream, MUFG partner to enhance digital advice in super

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026
InvestStream is aiming to lead the delivery and expansion of personalised digital advice across super funds in a new partnership with MUFG Retirement Solutions. The strategic partnership aims to simplify the member engagement experience by combining ...

Corruption, governance risks: The cost of doing business in emerging markets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
Beyond a governance issue, corruption is a major deterrence to capital flows, undermines long-term development and carries crippling social costs. Seasoned investors, though, are quick to challenge the notion that corruption and governance risks are ...

Vale Alan Greenspan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
Former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan has passed away, aged 100. Greenspan was nominated to chair the Fed by then-President Ronald Regan in 1987 and served under four Presidents in the position until 2006. During his tenure at the Fed he oversaw ...

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees. Ian Laughlin, serving as chair, works alongside ...

Capital Group, KKR launch public-private fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
Capital Group and KKR have launched a new fund Capital Group KKR Global Multi-Sector+ (GMS+) together for investors in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, which will blend public and private exposure delivering multi-sector credit investments in a single fund ...
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