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HeirWealth launches AI integration

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026
... repeatable and auditable. The technology also aims to improve adviser productivity by generating meeting preparation materials, portfolio summaries and first-draft client communications directly from consolidated client data. The company said firms retain ...

Global concentration risks to reorient investors: JBWere

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
... driven by AI, so there is a huge concentration risk in markets," he said. Even from a domestic perspective, he said, materials and financials sector make up about 60% of the market. "As many investors get dragged closer to popular benchmarks, this lack ...

Advisers expect growth despite uphill challenges

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... more time to spend with clients, while 74% are using it to write emails, take meeting notes and distribute educational materials. However, 65% said integrating AI into existing workflows has been more challenging than expected. Despite these pressures ...

Powerhouse Ventures partners with European fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... CIO Fund targets advanced technology companies that operate in space, quantum, artificial intelligence and advanced materials. Powerhouse said the fund that "will not be a long-duration, speculative start-up fund," rather its target companies will "fast ...

Bridgewest Ventures lands in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... Bridgewest Venture invests in the sectors of life sciences, medical technology, artificial intelligence (AI), advanced materials and clean technology that operate across New Zealand and Australia. John van der Wielen was hired to be a senior adviser ...

Oil price shock to hit consumers 'relatively quickly': RBA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... said. "For example, some construction firms - who have been relatively highly exposed to transport and oil-derived raw materials cost increases - are reviewing prices for new contracts." This has pushed the RBA to revise its inflation forecast higher ...

Aussie investors entering 'regime shift': VanEck

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... becoming increasingly dispersed, with performance diverging sharply between sectors and individual companies. While the materials sector has rallied more than 50% over the past year on the back of strong copper prices and demand for critical minerals ...

IFM expands UK presence with acquisitions

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... to acquire 100% of Briggs Equipment UK from long-term owner Sammons Enterprises. Briggs Equipment is a UK provider of materials handling and specialist rental equipment, focusing on the leasing, maintenance, repair and fleet management of industrial ...

ETF Shares to launch two ETFs on ASX

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... executive Cliff Man said the launch reflects growing investor demand for transparent, rules-based access to the critical materials underpinning the megatrend of modern electrification. "Copper and lithium are two of the most important metals for the ...

More M&A amid AI buildouts, heightened costs: Fidelity International

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
... into the future. "Information technology is the clearest beneficiary, but the effects are also strongly visible in the materials and energy sectors, where demand for power and the commodities needed to construct a world of new datacentres and power plants ...
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