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State Street IM Australian investments lead to retire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
State Street Investment Management (SSIM) head of investments for Australia Jonathan Shead will step down next month. Shead will retire on August 28 after spending 26 years with the group, working in various State Street Global Advisor (SSGA) roles ...

ASIC bans former NextGen Financial Group directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
ASIC banned two former NextGen Financial Group directors from working in financial services for three years for failing to comply with Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determinations. Nicholas Duncan Jeremy Brookes and Vittorio Vincenzo ...

Former chief financial officer at Rest returns in new role

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
Rest is welcoming back its former chief financial officer as its inaugural chief commercial officer. The $100 billion profit to member superannuation fund said it was reshaping its executive team to support the next phase of its long-term growth strategy. ...

Family businesses turn to external chief executives: Deloitte

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
While family members will largely remain at the helm of family businesses post-succession, a Deloitte Private report anticipates a meaningful shift globally, with more businesses preferring outside professionals to step into the chief executive roles. ...

New alternative investment firm lands in Sydney

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... Praemium, CFS Edge, etcetera," Wilson said. "We are certainly trying to make ourselves available for advisers... we just know the APLs and the process they have to go through." Meanwhile, Velkovski added the cumulative background between the three of ...

New 'high-risk' derivatives on the rise

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
An innovative financial product, known as perpetual futures contract (perps), are currently under the scope of the market regulator, spreading concerns that the "speculative" product may be unlawfully distributed towards retail investors. According ...

SS&C axes jobs, shifts roles offshore

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
US software services giant SS&C Technologies has slashed 170 Australian roles in the operations, technology and delivery teams. Last year, Insignia Financial struck a deal with SS&C to outsource about 1300 staff who worked in its master trust business ...

UniSuper backs tech despite AI caution

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
... companies benefiting from AI infrastructure spending. "Australia doesn't really have a tech sector to speak of, and as we know, tech is the dominant investment theme of our generation," Pearce said. While maintaining an overweight position to technology ...

FEATURE | Retirement | A layer of confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2026
... are currently taking no action to prepare for retirement, the research shows, and as much as 21% of pre-retirees don't know what they'll do with their superannuation, with 31% not knowing how to access it. TAL's data not only supports the ...

Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund. As the firm looks for a replacement, Mercer Pacific chief financial officer Court Haas has been appointed as interim chief ...
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