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AFCA urges adviser clarity on SMSF wholesale investor test

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... superannuation product, such as an SMSF." They added that AFCA's primary concern must be the legal classification of the SMSF as set out in the law in making a determination on a complaint. "That is not to say the level of sophistication of an investor ...

Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Productivity, a concept treasurer Jim Chalmers recently described as too often seen as "cold" and "almost soulless," despite it being, as he also noted, the best way to improve people's lives over time, was stagnant in the March quarter and declined ...

Airlie calls time on Concentrated Share Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... alternatives, we have determined that it is in the best interests of unitholders to terminate the fund." The termination is set for June 24. Incepted on 6 November 2012, the fund invested in Australian-listed companies and was available to wholesale ...

ART overhaul sees senior portfolio managers exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... Australian Retirement Trust's leadership overhaul has led to the departure of two senior portfolio managers. Ondre Ozer is set to leave ART as the country's second-largest superannuation fund moves to disband its investment resilience and planning ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... that the reform roundtable he's convening in August, which was announced by prime minister Anthony Albanese last week, will set out some guiding reform principles and next steps to advance the agenda well beyond the roundtable itself. He committed that ...

Quinbrook appoints new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has filled a new chief executive role, with the appointee set to oversee all the investment manager's regional teams, in addition to announcing a slew of other leadership changes. Quinbrook's current Australian regional ...

ASIC launches fresh inquiry into ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
ASIC has launched another inquiry into the ASX, this time focusing on its overall governance, capability, risk management frameworks and practices. The inquiry will be led by a panel that will make recommendations to address any identified shortcomings ...

Fin365 to build one-stop-shop for financial firms

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... said. "By building an integrated software and services business, we can provide our customers a 'one-stop-shop' for a broader set of needs and ensure the highest level of quality and customer satisfaction." Qwrk managing director and founder Jo Hall ...

ASX offloads interest in Digital Asset

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has sold its shareholding in Digital Asset Holdings, the firm it partnered with in 2016 to build the doomed CHESS replacement. The sale price is approximately $57 million, with a pre-tax gain of about $42 million ...

Government to convene a productivity roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... and civil society in what will be a "more streamlined dialogue" than the 2022 Jobs and Skills Summit, with a "more targeted set of issues." "We want to build the broadest possible base of support for further economic reform to drive growth, boost productivity ...