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FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
On March 24, merely weeks into the US-Israel war on Iran, the Philippines became the first domino to fall when President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a national energy emergency. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical maritime chokepoint ...

CSLR levy must be directed towards bad actors: Burgess

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... the distribution and production of managed investment schemes (MISs), instead of forcing a levy towards self-managed super fund investors. Burgess attended a roundtable hosted by minister for financial services Daniel Mulino last Friday, discussing the ...

Future Fund chief says staff departure not at 'worrying level'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt said the current turnover running rate of around 6% in the senior investment team has not reached a "worrying level". Arndt was speaking at a Senate Estimates Committee hearing yesterday about the rise in turnover ...

Small pocket of failed measures can 'blow the entire business': Anderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... stating that they can't just rely upon research houses, or products that were included on the investment menu of a super fund. More rigorous processes need to be utilised during pre-vet and when dealing with lead generators, if any, as well, he added. ...

APRA slaps additional licence conditions on HTFS Nominees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
APRA hit Equity Trustees' subsidiary and the trustee for the HUB24 Super Fund, HTFS Nominees, with additional licence conditions. The new licence conditions centre on HTFS Nominees' weak, ill-defined and inconsistent investment option selection ...

AFCA puts InterPrac determinations on ice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... issuance of determinations. InterPrac is currently taking action against a former client and victim of the First Guardian Master Fund collapse for an AFCA determination it does not agree with. This is on top of the advice group's lawsuit against ...

'No basis' to ban independent trustee model: Equity Trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... the regulation of lead generators. It said the most critical point of failure in the value chain regarding Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund were the two responsible entities. "The misuse of scheme assets for purposes other than investment ...

Super 'safest' entry in private market for retail investors: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... private, for example, Sydney Airport in 2022," Morningstar said. "On the other hand, we have also seen cases where a major super fund leveraged its scale and expertise to defend against attempts to take publicly listed assets private where it believed ...

Capital Group, KKR launch public-private fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
Capital Group and KKR have launched a new fund Capital Group KKR Global Multi-Sector+ (GMS+) together for investors in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, which will blend public and private exposure delivering multi-sector credit investments in a single fund ...

ASIC moves to extend managed investment scheme relief measures

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has moved to extend relief measures applying to a range of managed investment schemes, proposing to remake six legislative instruments due to expire later this year. Under the proposal, the ...