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Cbus appoints head of strategy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
From real estate to toll roads and now, superannuation, Jessica O'Brien joins Cbus in a newly-created role. Cbus announced the appointment of Jessica O'Brien to the newly created role of head of strategy and portfolio performance in the fund's ...

AMP recruits former SSGA sales manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
AMP continues to expand its North platform business with the appointment of a top sales manager. Amanda Trenfield joins North as senior manager, asset consultant partnerships. Trenfield boasts over 20 years of experience in launching and supporting ...

ASIC to review RG97 to boost property supply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
ASIC is reviewing the need for superannuation funds to include stamp duty payments in fee disclosures in a bid to boost their investment in property. Super funds have long held concerns that obligations under Regulatory Guide 97: Disclosing fees and ...

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 ...

Some Australians being taxed more on super than pay: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
New research by Super Members Council (SMC) found those on the lowest wealth rungs are not benefitting from super as those further up the ladder. SMC said this was due to less paid work due to disability, health or caring responsibilities; higher costs ...

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 ...

CFS prices advice practice valuation gap at $1.1m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
Financial advice businesses have an estimated $1.1 million valuation gap, a new survey from Colonial First State (CFS) shows, as most advisers are not prepared for the planned and unplanned sale of their practices. The Hidden Value Report, produced ...

InterPrac hit with $22m in AFCA complaints

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
Sequoia Financial Group's InterPrac Financial Planning is facing $22 million worth of complaints lodged with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) for its advisers' role in the collapse of the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian ...

Treasury launches retirement phase consultations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
Treasury has launched two consultations relating to the retirement phase, one of which seeks the right metrics and indicators to create transparency and improve retirement outcomes. The proposed Retirement Reporting Framework will require trustees to ...

Geopolitics, private credit force insurers to 'shift gears': Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
Due to a rapidly evolving investment landscape, Janus Henderson Investors said Australian insurers are increasingly reviewing their long-term investment strategies, emphasising dynamic risk management and changing priorities in the face of uncertainty. ...