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FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... Financial Standard the regulator will continue to apply pressure on the sector to ensure that all funds - no matter how big or small - are meeting their obligations to members. "It's not up to us to talk about how people get on boards or executive positions ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... for. Australian CPI inflation hit 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022, the highest in three decades, and gave investors a small taste of its debilitating effect. "Things like commodities are not great in low inflation environments but outperform when ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Life insurers across the Asia Pacific are favouring multi-alternatives strategies as their top asset class as it offers a more efficient path to portfolio diversification across private assets, new research suggests. BlackRock's 2025 Global Insurance ...

'We have entered a new economic era': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief economist Luke Yeaman has warned investors that the world has entered a "new economic era" where the rules are "very different", in his most recent economic update. "Things that have been disdained in recent decades are ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders to TruePillars

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... The fund has approximately $14.6 million assets as of June and provides investors with exposure to loans made primarily to small and medium sized Australian businesses. They do this by lending money to primary lenders, who in turn make loans to underlying ...

ASX releases consultation on shareholder approval requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
The ASX has released a public consultation paper on shareholder approval requirements for dilutive acquisitions and changes in admission status for dual listed entities. The review was announced in April this year after the ASX allowed James Hardie ...

Why mid-sized super funds still matter: Farrar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... mid-sized also gives the fund advantage in the capital market, giving it access to the mid-market yield which can be too big for small funds and too small for big funds. Brighter Super's members typically have high balances and benefit from guidance ...

ASX announces changes following independent review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... superannuation fund chair or chief executive; an experienced listed company director, ideally with experience in large and small listed entities; an experienced investment manager; an experienced listed company secretary; and a stockbroker with broad ...

Tyndall AM boosts small cap team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Tyndall Asset Management has appointed a deputy portfolio manager for its Australian small companies fund. Scott Hudson brings over two decades of experience to the Yarra Capital Management offshoot, across domestic and international equity markets ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... the cost of doing that keeps escalating," Abood says. "The average advice business now has 2.6 advisers. So, a bunch of small businesses just can't fund it, and there's no point bankrupting this sector, because what are consumers going to do ...