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Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... describes total returns as "respectable." "We're talking about 2.7% for the year so far, so hopefully we're on course for a stable year for global bonds," he says. "We're still recovering, of course, from those huge drawdowns in 2022 but ...

Superannuation fraudster sentenced to prison

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... generally expressed their trust in you and as a result did not seek legal advice' and 'the gravamen of your offending is of course the use of money dishonestly for personal expenses when that money had been given to you to invest in a development project." ...

FAAA expands specialist education programs

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) is looking to expand its Approved Specialisations Program, urging eligible education providers to sign up. The program has historically included specialisations in aged care, life risk and the Fellow ...

Overcoming the three-body problem in advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... bodies of similar mass; they cannot be controlled indefinitely and, at some point, one or all the bodies will veer off course or spin out of control. In financial advice, the three components that make up the three-body problem are the financial plan ...

Former adviser charged over clients' near $1m loss

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... to ASIC, he was offering redeemable preference shares in PWMS and unlisted shares in PWM, while also promoting a trading course involving contracts-for-difference and dealing in derivatives without a licence. However, those plans were never fulfilled ...

Local assets help deliver 12% for ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... was also notable, thanks to investments in Australian airports, with valuations reverting to pre-COVID levels over the course of the year. Of the $33.6 billion invested in infrastructure, 6% or nearly $18 billion is in domestic assets. One particular ...

Chalmers opens economic reform consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... our resilience and improve budget sustainability," Chalmers said. "More invitations will be issued in tranches and in due course, as the agenda takes shape." Chalmers said additional stakeholders, experts and representative groups will be included for ...

MLC AM delivers real returns for members in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
Staying the course on listed equities amid tariff-induced market turbulence has led to MLC Asset Management achieving double-digit returns for the 2025 financial year and, more importantly, real returns for members, according to its investments chief. ...

Chalmers advocates for Aussie instos on 'Big Beautiful Bill'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... minerals market around the world, some of the challenging tax issues including some issues before the US Congress and also, of course, I made our case once again when it comes to trade and tariffs and these escalating trade tensions around the world," ...

4600 relevant providers yet to meet qualification standards: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... are relying on the experienced provider pathway when they do not appear eligible. Others claimed qualifications when the course has not yet been completed or is not an approved course of study. "As AFS licensees, you need to ensure each relevant provider ...