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AFCA urges adviser clarity on SMSF wholesale investor test

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... for investments and advice Patrick Hartney say. "AFCA applies the law as it stands. This is spelled out in the Corporations Act, where Section 761G (6) says that when a financial service relates to a superannuation product, the super fund must hold $10 ...

ART makes sweeping changes to corporate super plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has made an array of changes to several corporate superannuation plans it manages, including shuttering one. The Tiffany & Co. Superannuation Plan has closed as of June 20 with members transferred to a Super Savings ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Global markets are preparing for potential fallout after the US conducted strikes with B-2 Stealth Bombers on three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend and has since claimed the attacks "obliterated" Iran's nuclear capabilities. IG market analyst ...

Airlie calls time on Concentrated Share Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Airlie Funds Management will shutter its Concentrated Share Fund next week following a review. Magellan Asset Management as responsible entity said: "Given the Fund's small size, which impacts the expense ratio charged to unitholders in the fund ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Australia is showing progress with disclosing and adopting its clean energy transition initiatives as investors' demand for credible emissions reduction strategies grows, a study from MSCI shows. Among listed Australian companies analysed in the APAC ...

Resilient job market reduces rate cut probability: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
While the Australian unemployment rate remained unchanged, experts are becoming less optimistic we'll see many more rate cuts this year. The Australian labour market remained robust in May, with the unemployment rate sitting at 4.1%, Australian Bureau ...

Equity Trustees rapped over the knuckles by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Equity Trustees was fined nearly $60,000 by the regulator for making misleading statements about the holdings of a sustainable bond fund. Equity Trustees agreed to pay three infringement notices totalling $56,340 over allegations it made misleading ...

Select stocks in charge of their own destiny: Aoris

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
In an uncertain environment, Aoris Investment Management is attempting to steer clear of volatility by avoiding businesses that exhibit significant ties to what it calls the 'no-go zone'. Aoris aims to have up to 15 investments in its portfolio at any ...

Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... "don't do very well." Devitt noted that ASIC's crackdown on larger funds like Cbus, which was sued for allegedly failing to act honestly and fairly in handling death benefit and total and permanent disability insurance claims, and AustralianSuper, for ...

Increased local, international demand drives practice valuations

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
The price multiples for financial planning practices have risen as much as 30% in the past 12 months, analysis shows. According to the annual Radar Results Price Guide, there has been a notable increase in price multiples for practices, rising between ...