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FEATURE | Governance | Stumping up

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... collapse of the Shield and First Guardian master funds. The two funds were marketed as high-returning alternatives to mainstream super. They collapsed in 2024, costing more than 12,000 Australians about $1.1 billion in retirement savings. As a trustee ...

'Flawed' CSLR model needs to be redesigned: SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... proportion of costs onto millions of low-income everyday Australians who choose the safeguards and protections of the mainstream super system." SMC said events like the collapses of Shield and First Guardian, which were distributed mostly through a small ...

APAC to lead in digital asset investment: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2026
... global adoption accelerates. More than half (56%) of APAC respondents expect on-chain digital asset investment to become mainstream within five years, compared with 51% globally. In addition, 32% expect at least a quarter of their assets to be tokenised ...

Managed account FUM jumps to $315bn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... $60.2 billion in 2025 to reach close to $300 billion at the end of December 2025. Adviser adoption is also becoming mainstream, with the latest Investment Trends research showing 61% of advisers in Australia are already using managed accounts, and another ...

Australia and Indonesia explore direct stablecoin settlement

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
... creating a more direct, efficient and accessible payment corridor between our markets. "As stablecoins become part of mainstream financial infrastructure, we're focused on building practical, real-world payment rails that support trade, commerce ...

Active strategies a different story in ETFs: MSCI

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... index Jana Haines said passive ETFs remain the foundation of most portfolios "but active ETFs are increasingly becoming mainstream." "What we are seeing is a shift from whether advisers will use active ETFs to where the structure delivers the most value," ...

Sodor Capital plots New Zealand expansion with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... ambitions across the region, ahead of further expansion into Hong Kong and Japan." Smith also co-founded fund administrator Mainstream Group (ASX: MAI) in 2006 and has personally established its Singapore operations between 2012-2016 to ultimately grow ...

Australian life insurers lag global peers: Capgemini

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... combining consumer-led strategies with intelligence-powered operations. In practice, they distinguish themselves against mainstream peers by transforming consumer engagement, including the usage of simple, plain language and providing short-form contents. ...

FEATURE | Managed accounts | Industrialising advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... billion over the past year to reach close to $300 billion at the end of December 2025. Adviser adoption is also becoming mainstream, with the latest Investment Trends research showing 61% of advisers in Australia are already using managed accounts, and ...

Fiducian Group statutory profit falls 28%

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
... reduce its administration fees, which are getting closer to competing with industry fund fees and also against leading mainstream retail platforms that offer SMAs. Singh also clarified that, following the additional licence conditions imposed by APRA ...
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