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Companies make smooth IFRS transition: ASIC

Australian companies have made a smooth transition to the Australian equivalent to IFRS, according to an ASIC review into the implementation of the new reporting standards. Jeffrey Lucy, chairman of ASIC, released ASIC's findings. "Transition to AIFRS ...

Saint to solve the SMSF investment strategy nightmare

Financial services group St Clair hopes to reduce the investment strategy paperwork for trustees of Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs). Dr Norman Sinclair, managing director of St Clair Financial Services, says SMSF trustees need help cutting through ...

Funds resolve ASIC disclosure issues

Several superannuation funds have responded to ASIC's direction for improvements to disclosure documents, saying the "minor" changes have been made and no members had been disadvantaged. ASIC last week issued a statement calling on four superannuation ...

ASIC complaint is minor: Health Super

Health Super, responding to an ASIC direction to improve insurance disclosure, says the areas requiring improvement are minor and have caused no detriment to members. But Health Super have said are, and will fully, co-operate with ASIC. In a statement ...

ASIC chairman talks about governance and er, bullfrogs

... to avoid turning into a bullfrog, Lucy suggested it should strengthen its corporate governance structures and ensure the audit committee is independent. "At the same time, ASIC can play its part and will. But more than anything, managing the risk of ...

Risk-Easy debuts with more than 120 dealers in books

In a clear sign of the growing demand for risk management outsourcing, risk advice and administration services provider Risk-Easy has signed up more than 120 dealer groups and financial adviser clients since its June launch. Risk-Easy's founding managing ...

Compliance is a profession: ACI

... simple auditing and reporting mechanisms. "Compliance practitioners come from varied backgrounds including law, accountancy, audit, quality and engineering. The profession operates in all industries and businesses in organisations of different size and ...

FPA appoints new chair

... situation posting a surplus during 2004/05. The accounts are currently audited and will be made available to members once the audit is finalised. Greiner says the finance surplus allowed the association to commit funds to its recent advice campaign. ...

Industry funds continue to outperform

... published in their product disclosure statements. We call on them or the regulator, to prove these claims through a public audit process, with full, random audits of claimed fees and costs."

Four star rating for MIR Absolute Return Fund

The MIR Absolute Return Fund has received a four star Standard & Poor's (S&P) Assirt rating and has had its capability in the Australian Shares - Hedge Fund sector assessed as 'strong'. MIR's product is a long-biased hedged equity long/short fund that ...

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Blackwattle takes over Quest Asset Partners

KARREN VERGARA

Blackwattle Investment Partners has swallowed up Australian equities manager Quest Asset Partners for an undisclosed sum.

Funds SA poaches Vision Super risk specialist

MATTHEW WAI

Funds SA will welcome a Vision Super executive to replace executive director, governance and strategy Tony Burrill, as he prepares for retirement following a seven-year tenure at the company.

Regal flags muted second-half performance fees

VINNY VUCAGO

Regal Partners expects to recognise at least $122.7 million in fund performance fee revenue for calendar 2026, with market volatility and weaker investment performance limiting the prospect of further material fees in the second half.

Insignia chief draws 'hard line' on NCAs giving retirement advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley said he draws a hard line when it come to the new class of advisers (NCAs) giving retirement advice.

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Christian Mueller-Glissmann

Head of Asset Allocation Research

Goldman Sachs

When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk

Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.

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Tania Milnes

General Manager Membership

Financial Advice Association Australia

Does association membership still matter?

With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...

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Effie Dimitropoulos

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Digital assets and where they stand in 2026

So far in 2026 digital assets have captured the headlines largely for the wrong reasons, but that doesn't tell the full story.

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Rethinking default design in a changing market environment

The evolution underway in the US DC system highlights the value of periodically reassessing default design assumptions.

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TAL LIMITED

Fiona Macgregor has risen through the ranks at TAL, taking the top job in 2024, but her life was touched by the insurance sector long before her tenure with the life insurer began. Eliza Bavin writes.

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