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Regal profits rise 65%, Pacific Current reports $11.7m loss

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... of refinements across the business, including additional appointments to certain investment committees and changes to our risk management and portfolio construction process to limit single-stock concentration risk. "We believe the firm learned valuable ...

Channel Capital launches credit fund for wholesale investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... investors with access to a diversified portfolio of global credit investments, designed to deliver attractive long-term, risk-adjusted returns. The fund invests in the Wellington Multi-Sector Credit Fund, a sub-fund of the Wellington Management Funds ...

VFMC names chief finance, risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... long serving Bennelong Funds Management executive is taking on the role. Jeff Phillips has been named as chief finance and risk officer at Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), stepping into the role next month. Phillips is currently chief financial ...

LGT Wealth Management names head of family advisory

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... wealth structuring and governance, guiding families and not-for-profit boards through the intricacies of succession planning, risk management, growth strategies for emerging businesses and asset protection. She also serves as an independent adviser to ...

Adviser gap could boost equity release products: Homesafe

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... Australians than ever reaching retirement still carrying a mortgage, with modest super balances and increasing longevity risk - yet access to affordable, high-quality financial advice has never been harder to secure. "In an environment where advice is ...

Advisers prioritise robust planning, education in retirement planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... prominent. "What we want to do as advisers, as professionals, working with clients is help to improve their literacy about risk and return, help them understand that we put this plan in place, and how we can be confident with sticking to that plan," ...

SMSFs need to stay ahead of the regulatory curve: Nowinfinity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... said a more rigorous approach to the establishment, ongoing administration, and winding-up of SMSFs will help reduce the risk of non-compliance. She suggested to "slow down" the SMSF establishment process to undergo a more detailed identity check to ...

Product showcase: Strength amid noise

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... consideration, it is not the defining factor when a loan opportunity is originated. "Every loan is assessed against an AI-risk evaluation framework to test the companies' revenue model vulnerability, dependence on emerging AI technologies, cost pressures ...

Aware Super overhauls investment team structure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... and scale, so too has the need for faster, more accurate and integrated decision making across asset classes, liquidity and risk spectrum," Warner said. "This structure is about empowering the portfolio to work as a whole, rather than silos, and ensure ...

SMSFs avoid advisers due to lack of asset-specific support

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... SMSFs. Burgess said that although only a small portion of money is invested in crypto, SMSFs with lower balances are at higher risk of not achieving returns compared to larger funds, noting that these smaller balances need to achieve "exceptional" returns ...