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ASIC calls on AFS licensees to 'step up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... Information Sheet 237 Protecting against share sale fraud includes examples of share sale fraud methods by bad actors and better practices for licensee prevention and detection. These include being alert to possible use of stock images, fakes, forgeries ...

AFCA urges adviser clarity on SMSF wholesale investor test

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) is urging financial advisers to gain clarity and better understanding on whether the wholesale investor test applies when advising SMSFs. Even if SMSF trustees have extensive investment experience ...

ART makes sweeping changes to corporate super plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... also be changes around the definition of terminal illness and the maximum level of cover a member can have. ART said to better align the scheme with the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulation 1994 (SIS) definition for the early release of superannuation ...

Perennial Partners buys Melior stake

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... Australian Impact Fund's investment strategy, investment process or name. The strategy will be offered alongside Perennial's Better Future small and mid-cap focused fund, it said. Meantime, Melior chief executive Lucy Steed will take on an advisory role ...

Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... that productivity growth is the engine that gives people the freedom to choose between more income, more leisure, or a better mix of both. "When productivity stalls, those choices remain unchanged," she said. "If productivity declines, the choices shrink. ...

Golden parachutes deflate rapidly for some, not all ASX chiefs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... the cost of chief executive departures," ACSI executive manager - stewardship John Ed noted "Those changes have driven better accountability and avoided 'golden parachutes' which provide pay for failure to departing chief executives. "This was a major ...

Select stocks in charge of their own destiny: Aoris

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... them [fees] up 5%, 6%, or 8% - will they [clients] really know the difference?" By avoiding macro factors, companies can better focus on growth from other issues. For example, Aoris has a position in the cosmetic giant L'Oreal and, despite its global ...

Australian wealth increases despite variable global growth: UBS

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... in 2024 over the year before, and over 15% since the beginning of the decade, UBS found. "Median wealth has fared even better, rising by almost 11% year-on-year in 2024 and by over 19% since 2020," UBS said. "The difference between these two measures ...

DomaCom Fund names new RE

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... with greater agility and focus. Bringing the role of responsible entity in-house allows us to deliver faster responses, better oversight, and closer engagement with our investors - all of which are essential to rebuilding trust and delivering strong ...

Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... "big doesn't necessarily mean best," even if that's been perpetuated by a narrative that larger industry funds dish out better outcomes. She said an opportunity for small industry funds lies in reassuring members who are curious about other options by ...