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Two financial services directors fined $15k over reporting failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... According to details from the Australian Business Register and ASIC Register, Sheffield Insurance Services was registered since August 2011 and is currently still registered as an Australian proprietary company on both registers. Commenting, ASIC deputy ...

Iress dismisses takeover talks

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... suiters lined up for a potential acquisition. Both Blackstone and Thoma Bravo expressed interest in acquiring Iress in August, but the company said more parties had expressed interest. Iress did not divulge how many potential bidders there are or their ...

IMF tells Chalmers to curb spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... investment and productivity in Australia. "We've made substantial progress on productivity reform since our roundtable in August, across housing, environmental approvals, better regulation, artificial intelligence, and simplifying trade, with more underway," ...

Assembly Funds Management reopens second retail fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... Diversified Property Fund 2 (ADPF2), with 65% now invested across the living, retail and office sectors. The fund was launched in August 2023 with a targeted equity commitments of $350 million, and completed the first close with over $115 million. It ...

MLC platform adds retirement specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
MLC Expand has hired a retirement specialist following strong demand for its retirement income product launched in August with TAL and Challenger. Andrew Long is tasked with promoting MLC Retirement Boost to licensees and financial advisers. Long brings ...

First Sentier Group to combine investment affiliates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... this week, First Sentier Group said. The decision follows the departures of David Gait, Sashi Reddy and Sujaya Desai in August. Upon their exit, Morningstar reviewed the rating for the Global Emerging Markets Leaders Fund, with the research house saying ...

SQM Research faces court over 'favourable' rating of Shield

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... responsible entity of Shield, engaged SQM Research to provide ratings for its Balanced, Conservative and Growth classes in August 2021, according to the court filing. However, throughout the exchange, Ilya Frolov, director of Keystone and CF Capital ...

Super performance test, DBFO reforms coming: Government

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... changes to the superannuation performance test, as was highlighted after the government's Economic Reform Roundtable in August. "We have already implemented one round of reforms to expand the coverage of the test from around 80 products to more than ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... deaths of about 67,000, according to media reports, but could be as high as 377,000 Palestinians who are unaccounted for. In August, Norway's US$2 trillion sovereign wealth fund announced it divested 11 Israeli companies and was in the process of ...

Bell Financial Group names inaugural investments chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... Management. Between 2003 and 2011, Riggall worked in portfolio management roles at AMP Capital. Clime hired Leo Economides in August to replace Riggall. Economides previously worked in senior roles at institutions such as Macquarie Bank for 11 years ...