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Full automation key for business success, but not investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... to reduce the manual effort (and cost) of compliance and reduce the risk of human error that could lead to violations or poor client outcomes."

Perpetual dumps 23m Myer shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
Perpetual, one of Myer's largest shareholders, sold around 23 million shares after the retailer's poor results this week. Myer's share price fell as much as 30% after announcing its full year results on Tuesday. The embattled retailer reported a fall ...

Zenith names portfolio solutions lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... clients. Yap reports to investment director Damien Hennessy. Before Zenith, Yap was the head of multi-asset at Standard & Poor's for more than three years and spent nearly a decade at Pitcher Partners as a senior research manager. Yap commented: "While ...

Cbus vows faster death benefit payouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... failures in death benefit claims handling is a systemic, industry-wide issue. ASIC exposed examples of excessive delays and poor service, gaps in trustee data and reporting, and inconsistencies in some trustees' processes and procedures, saying that ...

Another industry body urges Division 296 reconsideration

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
While the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) supports sensible reforms to make superannuation "more equitable", it - like many industry bodies - believes the taxing of unrealised capital gains and the lack of indexation can pose compliance challenges ...

CSLR a 'shared responsibility' for all AFCA members: SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... Ultimately, Burgess believes the CSLR's objective remains valid for those needing to access financial compensation due to poor or negligent financial advice, claiming that the scheme will uplift consumers' trust and confidence in the sector ...

Fewer global equity managers underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... of the S&P World Index by index weight at the year's starting point, but less than 70% by count; the US stocks' relatively poor performance enabled a larger number of non-US stocks to outperform the index," the report shows. Some 57% - an "unusually ...

AMP, Insignia, Bendigo products fail super performance test

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... Of the products that failed, five of them did so due to a combination of high administration fees and costs and relatively poor investment strategy implementation. Overall, median fees and costs for members were lower across all product types. MySuper ...

Shield-linked advice firm director, compliance manager banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
... was incentivised to recommend Shield and failed to adequately manage conflicts of interest, causing investors to be given poor advice. This included advisers having undisclosed bonus arrangements tied to recommending Shield. Other serious compliance ...

ASIC flags firm grip on private and public markets, super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... January 2025, we called out trustees for weak scam and fraud practices. Then, in March, we released our landmark report on the poor handling of death benefit claims," the Corporate Plan reads. "With around three million Australians reaching superannuation ...