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ASIC slams licensees' lax offshoring governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... The services typically outsourced to these providers are financial planning, including client data entry and product research, paraplanning, insurance application and document support, and client communication, such as client situation updates or business ...

Super moves: CareSuper, Hostplus, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... amount of time at HESTA sitting in the unlisted assets group. Prior to switching to industry funds, Macdonald worked as a research manager with the Melbourne-based property development group, ICD Property. Meanwhile, Hostplus has tapped an NGS Super ...

End of an era: Longtime Platinum exec exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
Liz Norman, the long-serving head of marketing, sales, and client relations at Platinum Asset Management, has left the company ahead of its merger with L1 Capital which was approved by shareholders last week. Norman has been a crucial member of the ...

Tim Unger to depart ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... Unger set to depart at the end of the month. Unger, senior portfolio manager of sustainable investments, is tasked with research and reporting within ART's sustainability investment team, with a focus on helping to implement the fund's net zero ...

Instos continue to bite on risk: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
State Street Markets' latest research indicates institutional investors are overweight on risk and appear to be content with that position. The State Street Risk Appetite Index for September remained positive, continuing a five-month streak of upbeat ...

Controversial US policy to benefit Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... tariffs on all nations in April this year, investors were concerned about the effect they would have on Australia, but new research from EY suggests the nation is still set to benefit. The report said the direct impact on tariffs on Australia is relatively ...

Full automation key for business success, but not investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... implemented monitoring or exception reporting systems to check investment trades are done correctly." In other areas, such as research, modelling, and optimisation, Stars are also reluctant to be fully automated. Another key area is compliance, as "compliance ...

ETF adoption 'intensifies': VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
New research has revealed ETF adoption among advisers has intensified in the last year, with over 70% reporting greater usage and 65% using two or more smart beta strategies. The 2025 VanEck Smart Beta Survey also found the depth of usage has expanded ...

Platform trustees told to improve investment governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... individual investment options promote members' best financial interests. It also found a significant dependence on external research and ratings agencies, with limited internal assessment of information collected on a new investment option. For some ...

Australian women most likely to retire early

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... planning to leave the workforce before retirement age, with the problem most prevalent in Australia, according to new research from the British Standards Institution. The research found early departure was most prevalent in Australia, where 31% said ...