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Best Australian share funds of 2024: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... disclosure statement also said Hyperion structures its portfolios with the security weightings determined by forecasted long-term risk adjusted returns rather than index weightings. Without an index constraint, it added, the fund can focus on its clients' ...

Magellan unveils refreshed leadership, investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... strategic partnership with Vinva Investment Management. The listed manager has named a new chief operating officer, chief risk officer, head of UK and EMEA distribution, and head of investor relations and sustainability. Former AllianceBernstein (AB) ...

Victorian SMSF auditor fails to overturn disqualification

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... perform a simple task for a low fee, that auditor may not be completing the job adequately and properly giving rise to a risk of scrutiny of both the approved SMSF auditors and the SMSFs they audit by the regulators. "Potential penalties can apply including ...

ASIC calls out super trustees over 'weak' anti-scam practices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... and Investments Commission (ASIC) has written to superannuation trustees urging them to strengthen anti-scam practices, or risk exposing their members to harm. The open letter, signed by ASIC commissioner Simone Constant, outlined ASIC's guidance ...

AustralianSuper welcomes AI tech competition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... confidence' and 'various assumptions' regarding what is required to succeed in the emerging AI industry. This does leave open the risk of significant and quick changes to such assumptions," Padowitz said. "In addition, while AI is in its infancy, already ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... Seidenstein. Both aim to combat fraud, including greenwashing, non-compliance with laws and regulations, and reputational risk. "Ethics is the foundation of trust," IESBA chair Gabriela Figueiredo Dias said. "We are equipping preparers and practitioners ...

Insignia Financial appoints chief technology officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... chief financial officer David Chalmers; chief legal officer Lawrence Hastings; chief customer officer Renee Howie; chief risk officer Anvij Saxena; chief operating officer Jason Sommer; chief people officer Mel Walls; chief executive of superannuation ...

Martin Currie adds to active ETF stable

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... income streams. Real assets are the backbone of society, so even in slower growth periods they offer a compelling, lower-risk income exposure." "With positive earnings and dividend revisions now improving for quality real assets, the portfolio fundamentals ...

Cbus hits $100bn in member assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... be an emphasis on diversifying the portfolio geographically and to complement existing strong exposure to assets with core risk profiles by continuing to sensibly introduce core-plus and value-add exposures," he said. "In addition to deployment, Cbus ...

Super failures, greenwashing: ASIC's key issues in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... real inequality of wealth, shifts in the way capital is invested, and advances in artificial intelligence, data and cyber risk, are all key factors influencing the way ASIC views the issues facing Australia's financial system," it said. ASIC said it ...