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Account number issue causes angst, undue admin work: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Flaws in Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) Tranche 1 has inundated financial advisers with angst and more administrative work thanks to confusion surrounding account number inclusion in consent forms, according to the Financial Advice Association ...

PC suggests removing excessive entry requirements for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
In its fourth of five papers addressing productivity hurdles in Australia's economy ahead of the government's Economic Reform Roundtable, the Productivity Commission (PC) has recommended paring back some of the entry requirements that have impacted ...

ETF Shares awards fund administration mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
Following its launch earlier this year, ETF Shares has selected Apex Group to provide end-to-end fund administration and custodian services. ETF Shares was launched only a few months ago, co-founded by chief executive Cliff Man, chief investment officer ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund divests 11 Israeli companies, cuts mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
Norway's US$2 trillion sovereign wealth fund has severed ties with 11 Israeli companies and is in the process of terminating mandates with external managers based in Israel. The sovereign wealth fund's manager, Norges Bank Investment Management ...

New Challenger IM notes seek to raise $350m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
Challenger Investment Management will launch a floating rate note on the ASX in a bid to raise $350 million that will be invested in private credit strategies. Challenger IM LiFTS 1 Notes, which will list under the ticker code CIMHA, offer a fixed term ...

Trump signs order to open 401(k)s to private markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
Citing better returns and diversification benefits, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to allow alternative assets, including cryptocurrencies, into 401(k) plans. The order calls for a review of the Department of Labor's guidance on ...

Chalmers calls for solutions, not problems

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has laid out the groundwork for participants of the government's Economic Reform Roundtable so the focus can remain on problem solving. Ahead of the Roundtable, which will be held over three days from August 19 to 21, Treasury ...

Top Australian CIOs revealed

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... since the global pandemic, more than outpacing above average inflation in the same period." Rainmaker Information is part of ISS Market Intelligence, publisher of Financial Standard.

AustralianSuper, ASFA, Macquarie chiefs invited to Roundtable

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
The chief executives of AustralianSuper, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and Macquarie have received session-specific invitations to the government's Economic Reform Roundtable. Treasurer Jim Chalmers issued the invitations ...

ASX flags up to $35m in additional operating costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
The ASX has flagged it expects to be hit by additional operating expenses of between $25 million and $35 million because of ASIC's inquiry. In June ASIC announced a fresh inquiry into the ASX, focusing on its overall governance, capability, risk ...