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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 ...

APRA hits 12 super options with failed grade

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... highlights some of the limitations of applying the performance test to specialised investment options on wrap platforms." The good news for Insignia is that its MLC Wholesale Horizon 2 Income Portfolio is now reopened to new members. The option, which ...

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 ...

Macquarie board rejects KPMG as auditor

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
... transparency and time. I am committed to leading this change with honesty, transparency and urgency. "I recognise that this news will be difficult for many of our people, particularly those who worked on the tender and transition, but we will rebuild ...

Bathla collapse rattles private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2026
... fund has no exposure to Bathla Group." 360 Capital's ASX-listed Mortgage REIT was put on a trading halt yesterday on news of Bathla entering voluntary administration. It has two loans to the group totally $18.3 million comprising first mortgages ...

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 ...

A tough year for high-duration bond investors: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
... credit spreads notably widened in the first quarter of 2026 on concerns around US private debt lending structures following news of Blue Owl halting quarterly redemptions from one of its private debt funds, as well as concerns around the war in the Middle ...

Former AMP Capital head of leasing joins Knight Frank

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
... recently Head of Office Leasing, and prior to that he was Head of Leasing for Office and Industrial at AMP Capital. In joint news, Knight Frank has appointed John Brasier as Partner, Head of Office Leasing NSW. John, who has more than 13 years of experience ...

Special Feature: Beyond safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
Bigger funds demand bigger capabilities. As Australia's super sector moves towards the trillion-dollar era, custodians are stepping out of the shadows and into a more strategic role, with data stewardship, private markets expertise and AI capability ...

FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Grab a shopping cart and enter the investment supermarket. The shelves are stacked - an Aussie large-cap fund here, an ETF there, a fixed-income fund somewhere near the back, past the alternatives nobody quite understands. There is an estimated $1 trillion ...
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