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Listed asset managers trail ASX 200 in 2025: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Morningstar's research found most ASX-listed asset managers have underperformed the ASX 200 Total Return Index since the start of 2025. The latest industry pulse noted shares of asset managers are likely to remain volatile, as investor sentiment ...

First Guardian shaves $286m off Praemium FUA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
Praemium has calculated the impact of its exposure to the First Guardian collapse, reducing its total funds under administration (FUA) by close to $300 million. Praemium reduced its FUA by $286 million in relation to First Guardian holdings in the September ...

Public feedback welcomed for Life Code improvements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
The independent review of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code) has released a consultation paper, setting out key questions to stakeholders and the public on how the Life Code can improve consumer benefits and insurers' conduct. The review ...

ASIC targets potential vertical integration in managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
Stopping short of calling it vertically integrated, ASIC warns it aims to uncover any conflicts of interests in the managed accounts sector particularly as more AFSLs build in-house products. ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland said the managed accounts ...

ASX announces changes following independent review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
The ASX said it would implement recommendations from an independent panel review on the process for developing corporate governance principles and recommendations. In June, ASX informed members of the Corporate Governance Council that it had established ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
The retirement savings of thousands of Australians have been lost in the First Guardian and Shield failures and, while investigations are ongoing, the blame for their collapse and the misconduct that led to it is being passed around like a football ...

APRA lifts final Westpac capital add-on

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
APRA has lifted Westpac's remaining $500 million capital add-on after the bank completed its multi-year risk transformation program spurred by several breaches and misconduct. APRA slapped the first $500 million capital add-on in July 2019 as a ...

Superannuation system quality stagnates: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
The quality of Australia's retirement system continues to stagnate at the B+ level based on the annual Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index (MCGPI) over the last four years. The retirement system has not improved since 2021 when it moved from a ...

New 100% tariffs on China: Another TACO moment?

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
As the US threatens more outlandish tariffs on China, investment experts foresee more market volatility in the short term with neither side backing down. But will US President Donald Trump once again "chicken out"? Trump roiled investor confidence last ...

Ausbil lists two global ETFs on ASX

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
Ausbil Investment Management has listed two active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), with one investing in global small caps and the other in infrastructure. The Ausbil Global Small Cap Fund - Active ETF (ASX ...