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Hostplus snares LGT Wealth deputy CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
The deputy chief investment officer of LGT Wealth Management has joined the investments team at Hostplus, the $140 billion superannuation fund. Kevin Wan Lum has taken up the post of executive manager of investment research - a critical role given that ...

Talent crunch lifts base salaries for advisers: Kaizen

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
The shortage of financial advisers is seeing firms increasingly raise base salaries by as much as $50,000, according to a report by Kaizen Recruitment. The recruitment firm's latest wealth management salary guide found it comes as superannuation funds ...

Why risk advice is on the verge of collapse: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
The challenges around risk advice have forced many advisers to abandon the sector. With greater complexity and a dwindling number of specialists, experts fear the risk market may cease to exist, the FAAA Congress 2025 has heard. There are currently ...

Scaling practices depends on AI: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
The financial advice industry cannot rely on hiring more advisers to scale practices, rather it needs to prioritise the adoption of new technology that will also help meet unprecedented demand for advice over the next five years, this year's Financial ...

SMC makes recommendations to safeguard super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) has called for stronger protections to prevent consumer harm from high-risk super switching. The call comes as the corporate regulator continues to launch legal action against those involved in the collapses of Shield and ...

Global resilience is a key systemic risk: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey told the recent ASFA Conference 2025 that the super fund has been considering global resilience as a key thematic when making responsible investment decisions. "We see this as a systemic risk, the same as climate change ...

ASIC not acting as a 'market maker': Constant

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said superannuation funds are working well with the regulator in terms of their investments in private markets, but said as whole, more needs to be done by all large investors. Constant said the regulator's increased ...

Passive strategies show 'higher survivorship' over active: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
Passive strategies continued to outperform their actively managed counterparts across major segments over the past year, according to Morningstar's latest Active/Passive Barometer. The study spanned over 800 open-ended strategies in Australia across ...

Alexander Funds bolsters Sydney office with new hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
Alexander Funds, the credit income investor, has added a second operative to its Sydney office to boost its distribution team. Oliver Carr joins as a business development associate, reporting to James Curnow, regional manager for NSW, ACT and Queensland. ...

ASIC acts against MWL, its director and lead generator

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
ASIC is taking legal action against MWL Financial Services, its former director Nicholas Maikousis, and lead generator Imperial Capital Group Australia over alleged Shield advice failures. ASIC alleges that MWL operated a business model that provided ...