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SMSF advice guidelines require improvement: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has vented its frustration over ASIC's recommendations for financial advisers around self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF), claiming some suggestions were not "done well at all." In INFO SHEET ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... investment officer and a deputy CIO. Pradheesh Salvarajah has taken on a role as investment manager at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the emirate's US$1 trillion sovereign wealth fund. He spent eight years at Future Fund, mostly covering alternatives. ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of Qld securities dealer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... institutional investors. In 2023, Pulse Markets was required to compensate a complainant to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) for almost $130,000 after offering risky investment products that were only available to wholesale investors ...

Super moves: Top super funds lose key risk executives

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... practice. However, he is best known for his 17 years as head of investment risk at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). There, he led the specialist team providing guidance on investment risk, asset-liability mismatch, and liquidity ...

ESSSuper welcomes new board chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... Fitzpatrick became president and chair in February 2016, with ESSSuper saying that since she "brought deep expertise and calm authority to a period of sustained change" for the fund. "Joan has led the ESSSuper board with wisdom, integrity and unwavering ...

Deadline approaches for Shield, First Guardian victims

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... roughly 11,000 Australians who invested in the two schemes have lodged complaints with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), ASIC said. The losses equate to more than $1 billion. With the deadline for some investors to file a complaint ...

Aware Super appoints fixed income specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... global fixed income team, global head of dealing, transitions and exposure management, and head of front office design authority. Across those roles, he led global teams based in Sydney and London, overseeing complex portfolio, trading and transformation ...

Pinnacle takes over Pacific Asset Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... transaction is due to complete in the first half of 2026 but is subject to the approval of the UK's Financial Conduct Authority and the Dubai Financial Services Authority. Pinnacle chief executive Ian Macoun commented: "We want the PAM management team ...

Interprac ordered to pay $120k over Shield advice, blames Macquarie

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... complainant over inappropriate advice provided in relation to the Shield Master Fund, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) lead decision reveals. In this case, the complainant received financial advice from Interprac in June 2022 to establish ...

Brookfield to acquire Peakstone Realty Trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... infrastructure for Qatar and other international markets. Qai is Qatar's AI company and a subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). The partnership is said to play a central role in supporting Qatar's ambition to become a leading hub for AI services ...