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Iress fills APAC wealth role from within

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
Iress, the financial advice software provider, has promoted from within to fill the top role in its Asia Pacific wealth business, following the departure of a long-serving executive. Sam Wall has stepped into the role of acting chief executive, succeeding ...

Gender pay gap dips to 11.2%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... on the small improvement this year, Wooldridge said the publication of employer gender pay gaps has motivated employers to act on gender equality after progress had previously stalled. "Many employers have told us publishing their information has helped ...

Vanguard settles Texas-led coal antitrust lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... settlement Vanguard cannot direct its portfolio companies' business strategies, threaten to divest a company if it does not act as desired by Vanguard, or nominate directors or shareholder proposals to portfolio companies. It also cannot solicit ...

Green moves: Airtree Ventures, Westpac

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
Sarah Minahan, formerly of Australian venture capital firm Airtree Ventures, has left the firm to establish Eskala, a specialist advisory focused on social risk and human rights. Eskala will work with clients to embed human rights considerations into ...

Australian boards not prepared for geopolitical conflict, climate change: BDO

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
An expert says Australian boards must act now to prepare for the imminent threats posed by geopolitical conflicts to avoid commercial and compliance risks. According to the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026, geoeconomic confrontation ...

Net Zero Asset Managers relaunches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
The Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative has relaunched with strong investor backing following a review of its operations. The relaunch comes with an updated Commitment Statement, which streamlines its actions from 10 to seven to "better define ...

Realm opens London office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Realm Investment House, the contrarian fixed income and private credit manager, has opened a London office and added a new managing partner to its team Harry Choulilitsas joins as head of Europe and will oversee the firm's global structured credit ...

Super moves: Mercer, AusSuper, Future Fund, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Padraig Brown has left Mercer after more than 14 years, ending his stint as New Zealand chief investment officer. He is joining NZX-listed Precinct Properties, the country's largest commercial property owner, worth about $3.4 billion. At NZX-listed ...

Governance issues on the rise: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
In the six months from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, the corporate watchdog received 9686 reports of misconduct (ROMs), raising 13,036 issues, new data from ASIC shows. ASIC said the increase in ROMs was driven largely by corporate governance concerns ...

Green moves: Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
Aware Super has seen a departure for the Paul Ramsay Foundation, while Australian Retirement Trust has hired a sustainable research lead from UBS Asset Management. Qi Lian Lim has left Aware Super for an impact investment manager role at Paul Ramsay ...