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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 ...

Advisers may be caught by new AML/CTF reforms: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
Although financial advice is not part of the group that will fall under the upcoming anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) reform, an expert told the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) Congress advisers may be caught ...

Super moves: ART, AustralianSuper, Rest, Unisuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
Australian Retirement Trust's former private equity lead Adam Murphy has joined the Dilmon family office of former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Dilmon has recently been expanding its global presence and recruiting a multi-strategy ...

APRA stress tests for potential ASX failure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
APRA is undertaking its first exploratory system risk stress test for superannuation funds and major banks, it revealed in its inaugural System Risk Outlook report. The prudential regulator said the new system risk stress test would be completed in ...

CalPERS adopts total portfolio approach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
One of the world's largest pension funds is shifting to a total portfolio approach (TPA), saying it will improve transparency and provide flexibility to capitalise on opportunities. Following a board vote, the California Public Employees' Retirement ...

The Big Short's Michael Burry shutters fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
Michael Burry, who reaped millions from the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007, has shuttered Scion Asset Management. Burry told investors in a note that "with a heavy heart, I will liquidate the funds and return capital but for a small audit/tax holdback ...