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CSLR levy must be directed towards bad actors: Burgess

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... executive Peter Burgess says reform is needed for greater accountability around 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 ...

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 ...

Natixis IM country head exits to lead Evidentia Group

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
Natixis Investment Managers Australia and New Zealand country head Louise Watson is leaving the global asset manager to become chief executive of Evidentia Group, as the former simultaneously unveils a leadership shuffle amid her departure. Natixis ...

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

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... product list (APL), 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 ...

Marex Group expands structured products to HNWIs

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
Marex Group received approval by ASIC to distribute structured investment solutions to wholesale clients under its existing foreign AFSL earlier this month, in a move to fill the structured product adoption gap in Australia. While the group is not new ...

APRA slaps additional licence conditions on HTFS Nominees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... additional licence conditions. The new licence conditions centre on HTFS Nominees' weak, ill-defined and inconsistent investment option selection criteria. APRA said there is inadequate due diligence conduct on new investment options, including poor ...

Sequoia Financial chair resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... from May 15 to June 3. The interim dividend was previously delayed pending the proposed sale of InterPrac to Conquest Investment Partners; however, the sale agreement was ditched May 1 following ASIC's concerns over the transaction. At the time ...

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

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... models and not-for-profit models." Equity Trustees said it strongly supports proposals by Treasury to reform managed investment schemes (MISs) and their responsible entities (REs), as well as the regulation of lead generators. It said the most critical ...

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

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... research and due diligence for what are complex asset classes. Morningstar added super funds have the benefit of long investment horizons, along with having positive, consistent member inflows, which better enable allocations to less liquid assets while ...

ASIC flags stronger fintech collaboration

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... before launching products. "For us, a sandbox, for example would have been quite important because we have to make that investment even before we got any certainty on the product," Paun said. Longo stressed that trust would ultimately determine whether ...