AZ NGA has partnered with an Adelaide-based accounting and financial planning practice as it expands its presence in South Australia.

Paradice Investment Management has become the latest fund manager to launch an active ETF version of its managed fund, placing greater emphasis on retail distribution.

Challenger has looked to the superannuation industry for its appointment of a group chief investment officer, a newly-created role.

Schroders has appointed a new chief executive as Simon Doyle steps down from the asset manager after 22 years.

Distribution of private credit funds through advised channels to retail investors will be an ASIC priority for 2026 as it releases the results of its thematic fund surveillance and guidance for research houses.

State Street Investment Management has taken a minority stake in private market secondaries manager Coller Capital with the pair set to collaborate on broaden each firm’s reach and drive innovation.

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a Melbourne-based managed investment scheme operator over a failure to pay industry levies and meet its statutory audit and financial reporting lodgement obligations.

Global year-to-date inflows into active ETFs are 87 per cent higher than the same time a year ago at US$447.7 billion.

The central bank has released its decision on the official cash rate following its November monetary policy meeting.

BlackRock Australia plans to launch a Bitcoin ETF later this month, wrapping the firm’s US-listed version which is US$85 billion in size.