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Chalmers teases release of performance test reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2026
... the core purpose of the test. Secondly, changes must maintain an objective standard or benchmark for fund performance. And third, any changes must be enduring to set the test up for long term stability," Chalmers said at the time.

Advisers reprimanded over fee-for-no-service conduct

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2026
... trustworthiness and diligence and breached Standards 2 and 7. Further, the panel decided not to take any action against a third adviser, who purportedly charged two clients (a husband and wife) monthly advice fees without providing services. "The Sitting ...

Nearly $12bn leaves Challenger in March quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2026
Challenger saw $11.7 billion leave its funds management business in the third quarter, of which $3.4 billion came from negative market movements driven by the Middle East conflict. The lion's share of $8 billion were net outflows while the balance of ...

Baby boomers look to switch benefactors' advisers: Natixis

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
Two-thirds of Australians don't plan to retain their parents' or spouse's financial adviser after they receive an inheritance. According to Natixis Investment Managers' (Natixis IM) Great Wealth Transfer report, baby boomers, Australians aged between ...

K2 AM to close small cap ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
... said. Wight added momentum is building for the funds management and advisory business. "The investment in recent years in a third-party fund-of-fund model is performing well with strong alignment with high calibre and good performing external global ...

Aussie private credit shows strength, lures offshore investors: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
... returns. Private equity saw $13.6 billion in deals across 147 transactions in 2025, with technology accounting for about one third. AIC chief executive Navleen Prasad said the yearbook shows private capital is playing a bigger role in funding Australia's ...

More M&A amid AI buildouts, heightened costs: Fidelity International

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
... the glut of money circulating. About half of industrials analysts expect M&A deals to be more prevalent this year versus a third a year ago," the report said. The IT sector is seemingly having a more prevalent momentum in the M&A trajectory, with 63% ...

FSC ups expectations on platform trustees' governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... whether they have access to appropriate resourcing, skills, systems and quality controls, and whether it may require engaging third parties. "Ensuring that trustees are appropriately equipped to discharge these responsibilities is essential to maintaining ...

Spheria launches active ETF for small caps fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... equities were not enough to dislodge international equities as the leading asset class for the month. Fixed income took third highest, while cash exposures recorded their strongest inflows of the year, as some investors sought to take a more defensive ...

ASIC acts against another former FSGA adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... balances into high-risk products. It said this was particularly the case where the fact find had been done by an unlicensed third party, the SOA was prepared by a paraplanner, and where he had only met the client once during a meeting between them and ...