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Aware names head of international

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026
... the relationships needed to lead our international program through its next important phase," Warner said. "Mathieu is the right leader for this stage of Aware Super's international journey with the London office now well-established and highly regarded ...

Dexus forced to sell stake in airports

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
Dexus has been ordered to sell its stake in major airports following a court order, underscoring a win for the IFM Investors-backed lawsuit. Last week, the NSW Supreme Court ruled Dexus must commence the "compulsory process to offer for sale the shares ...

We don't always vote in complainants' favour: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... represents the fact that even for cases that made their way to AFCA, two thirds of the time, the licensees are doing the right thing. "That doesn't demonstrate any sort of bias." Additionally, he highlighted the importance of providing additional ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... Sydney in late March, the country had about 60 days of fossil fuel stock left. "That is how vulnerable the Philippines is right now. As early as 2005, the government started its path towards the clean energy trajectory. In 2009, it enacted the law, the ...

Small pocket of failed measures can 'blow the entire business': Anderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... lack of control] does is it puts a spotlight on themselves. It has already been suggested that if you don't have the right controls in place... a small pocket in a business can blow the entire business," Anderson said. To improve, Anderson said licensees ...

More advisers go self-licensed to avoid associative risks

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... added. "The modern self-license firm is not simply a small business that happens to hold an AFSL... it is about building the right operating model, knowing what should sit inside the business and knowing what should be supported externally," Euvrard ...

Cultural competency is not a box-ticking exercise: RIAA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
Leading First Nations advocates at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) today outlined new measures to strengthen community engagement and better protect First Nations cultural heritage. Allan James, head of indigenous engagement ...

Westpac fined $26m for financial hardship neglect

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... sorry we let them down," a Westpac spokesperson said. "We self-reported these issues in 2022 and 2023 and to put things right, we've completed a remediation program including refunds of fees and charges, debt waivers and payments for non-financial loss. ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... of ASIC's concerns." The asset consultant acts as a matchmaker, vetting private lenders and connecting them with the right capital. "As you go down into less sophisticated investors that probably haven't read the 65-page fine print of all the ...

InvestSMART to realise $16m from Intelligent Investor sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
InvestSMART Group (ASX: INV) has agreed to sell the Intelligent Investor business to another listed entity to better focus on its proprietary digital advice, separately managed accounts and investor wealth platform. The Intelligent Investor business ...