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ASIC sets sights on 140 advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... deputy commissioner Sarah Court told a parliamentary committee this morning that the regulator has identified around 140 financial advisers who were involved in super switching misconduct relating or similar to Shield and First Guardian. "We had a paper ...

UniSuper appoints chief advice officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
UniSuper has named a chief advice officer, promoting from within the fund. Current head of financial advice and education Andrew Gregory was appointed to the new role and will commence on October 1. As chief advice officer, Gregory will continue to ...

Retirement expectations of young Australians surge

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... planning for their retirement. Surveying 1800 Australians aged 18 and above, the findings indicate critical disparities in financial literacy, understanding of long-term planning, and housing stability among respondents. The research unveiled a surge ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
While financial services organisations may be comfortable with taking risks, certainly when it comes to investing, there are other types of risks they're not so familiar with. It may be 2025, but we continue to consistently see examples of organisations ...

Private markets, asset class correlations upending 60-40 portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
The rise of private markets and increasing intra- and inter-fund correlation among asset classes should prompt financial advisers to rethink the traditional 60-40 portfolio. This is according to CI Global Asset Management head of fixed income and private ...

Zenith reaffirms Metrics ratings amid doubts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... remains 'highly recommended' under Zenith's assessment. Explaining the varied rating outcomes, Sebire told Financial Standard that it operates under a similar business model to other research houses, including Lonsec, and any discrepancy ...

Greece launches new innovation, infrastructure fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... the works for some time, with Greece looking to raise €5 billion as part of its economic recovery plan. BlackRock Financial Markets Advisory was appointed in 2023 to advise Greece on how best to achieve that and was in part reached by selling several ...

RBA's Hauser warns super funds of $1tn FX risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... bang at the heart of a quite exceptional period of uncertainty about the future direction of the global economic and financial system." Hauser said while Australian investors have always looked overseas for diversification, and to access a larger pool ...

Australian investors undeterred by global market turbulence

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... identifying allocations to homegrown companies and ETFs (71%). The research indicates strong confidence in managing wealth and financial futures, with 25% of respondents feeling confident, and 49% feeling somewhat confident. However, 30% of participants ...

ASIC appoints new chair, deputy chair and members to MDP

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... Gray after 15 years of service, including nine as the chair. Weekes comes with 30 years' executive experience in financial services and has served as a member of the MDP for 14 years, including several years as deputy chair. Anthony Brittain, executive ...