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Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI | FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026

... self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF)/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register (FAR), latest data shows. Padua WealthData's weekly adviser update shows that Count now has 527 advisers - from 553 previously - ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026

... genuinely diversified global strategy." If the US-Israel-led war on Iran has taught businesses and governments anything thus far it is the importance of diversification - across suppliers and geographies. For countries like the Philippines, and even ...

'Shockproof' portfolios integrate geopolitical risks: CIO

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026

... Armitage warned geopolitical disruption is no longer episodic but a defining feature of today's investment landscape, with far-reaching implications for asset pricing and portfolio construction. "There's this view that geopolitical events occur ...

Platforms should be wary of cutting options: Experts

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026

... optionality and choice," she said. "You could destroy your Australian share public markets capital issuance here if we push too far down a certain path, and that's not the role of a platform either." Maloney said the North platform is getting "much ...

Brighter Super invests $225m as part of $500m commitment

VINNY VUCAGO | THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026

Brighter Super has committed almost half of its planned $500 million in the Queensland Investment Strategy (QIS), two years into a five-year program aimed at increasing local investment across property, agriculture, infrastructure and high-growth businesses. ...

Investors thrust into rules of the 'jungle': Economist

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026

Geopolitical risks are increasingly encroaching on traditional market cycles, forcing investors to make sense of these "jungle times" where anything goes, according to an economist. Diana Mousina, deputy chief economist at AMP, said the current economic ...

CFS plots 'largest' retirement product expansion with new alliance

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026

... real significance beyond partnership mechanics. "Australia has been very successful at helping people accumulate super, yet far less effective at helping them convert those balances into income they can actually depend on," Hamilton said. "CFS is embedding ...

AI to outweigh inflation fears in fixed income markets: Allspring

VINNY VUCAGO | FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026

... Allspring Global Investments head of global macro strategy Noah Wise believes Artificial Intelligence (AI) will become the far more significant force, shaping bond markets over the next year. Speaking in Sydney, Wise said investors heavily focused on ...

Budget boosts fuel security, misses clean energy opportunities

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026

With Treasury pledging a whopping $14.8 billion to boost fuel security amid the Middle East crisis, the 2026 Budget has been criticised or missing key opportunities to progress the clean energy transition. Treasurer Jim Chalmers' Strengthening Australia's ...

NZ Super 'accepts' court loss, updates policy

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026

... Guardian's policies fail to meet the basic requirements of the Act ( New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 ) so far as exclusion from the fund for alleged breach of human rights standards is concerned. They are unreasonable and ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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