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Australian Food Super closes two options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
Australian Food Super is closing two of its options that have become costly to run relative to their size and lack member interest. On 3 March 2026, the Alternatives and Property investment options will close. From 7 March 2026, any remaining balances ...

Most read in 2025: Financial advice

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
There was no shortage of news impacting the financial advice community this year, with advisers bearing the brunt of negative sentiment in the wake of First Guardian and Shield collapses. But there were some bright spots throughout the year, including ...

Super tax receipts to increase by $10.9bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
The superannuation sector is expected to get a bigger tax bill with super tax receipts expected to increase by $10.9 billion over forward estimates, Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed in the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO). "Superannuation ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
PME Pensioenfonds, a Dutch pension fund with $105 billion in assets, has terminated an $8.9 billion equity mandate with BlackRock due to the manager's misalignment with the fund's environmental, social and governance framework. According to a release ...

ASX to undergo 'circuit breaker' reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
The ASX has agreed to a package of reforms aimed at strengthening confidence in Australia's critical market infrastructure, providing certainty about the market operator's reset, and responding to the Interim Report released today by the panel of the ...

NAB Private Wealth, JBWere names CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
The former deputy chief investment officer of Cbus will lead NAB Private Wealth and its subsidiary JBWere as investments chief in 2026. Alexandra Campbell is the new chief investment officer for NAB Private Wealth and JBWere. The parent company has ...

68% pass financial adviser exam: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
Some 68% of candidates who sat the November sitting of the financial adviser exam passed, ASIC's results show. A total of 308 candidates undertook the exam, with 208 passing with flying colours. About three-quarters (75.6%) sat the exam for the first ...

Morningstar moves to pay-for-play model

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
Morningstar will offer issuer-initiated ratings in Australia starting June 2026, under which fund managers and financial product issuers will pay a fee to the research house for a rating. Morningstar said this is consistent with the prevailing market ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... income goes up are few and far in between. That is until last year when University of Minnesota applied economics professor Marc Bellemare and his colleagues produced what is touted to be the most credible test of Bennett's Law. Their analysis of ...

ASIC takes SMSF auditor to court for continuing work despite ban

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
ASIC has charged Kristian John Convery for acting as an SMSF auditor even after being permanently disqualified under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act (SIS Act) by the regulator last year. ASIC said that Convery continued to act as an SMSF ...