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SMSF advice requires specialist skills, professional judgement: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... targeting licensees and advisers who recommend or offer managed accounts to clients. Sciacca warned the regulator also has its eye on advisers who recommended establishing an SMSF to invest in in-house managed accounts without considering the client's ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... terms of returns. How the distribution will be in the future can be difficult to predict, and we are of course keeping a close eye on the situation. But withdrawing completely from American investments is probably unlikely," Schelde said. "That said ...

EQT stands firm on defence, blames ASIC, third parties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
Equity Trustees (EQT) is standing firm on defending itself against culpability for the Shield Master Fund collapse and ensuing investor losses, blaming ASIC for not doing its job, as well as third-party providers for their failures. Releasing its Summary ...

Performance test changes not necessary: ART

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... it. So, to me, it just means we're still actively managing those portfolios. We're actively managing them with an eye on beating a different benchmark, and that's why we're comfortable with that," Parker said. "Are we comfortable that ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... financial houses are becoming more active in promoting it as an investment opportunity for some Australian investors, with an eye on the $4.5 trillion superannuation sector and the country's affluent high net worth investors. Tim Warrick, managing ...

ASIC releases legal obligations for private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... summarising key legal obligations and regulatory guidance for private credit fund operators, as the regulator continues to keep an eye on the sector. ASIC said the catalogue should assist private credit fund operators in more easily identifying and complying ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland has told an industry event that the regulator is keeping an eye on the private credit sector, with increased surveillance continuing in 2026. "On the retail side, this surveillance will look at disclosures of fees and ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
In the book The Lucky Country, the late author Donald Horne provides a piercing assessment of Australia in 1964, stating that its prosperity is derived from good fortune rather than industriousness or ambition. He ruminated about the future challenges ...

Inflation hits 3.8% in October

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... 3.6%. VanEck head of investments and capital markets Russel Chesler commented that rising inflation is something to keep an eye on, given the RBA's revised projections of an elevated inflation environment throughout 2026. "However, barring a sharp ...

AustralianSuper names chief financial officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
AustralianSuper has named a new chief financial officer, who will commence in December. Jessica Chen, the current general manager of financial performance at QBE Insurance, will join the $400 billion super fund as chief financial officer, bringing two ...