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ART names new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
Helen Rowell has been appointed the new chair of Australian Retirement Trust (ART) to replace outgoing chair Andrew Fraser. Rowell's term as chair will commence on 21 November 2025. Fraser announced his intention to retire as chair of the ART board ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... taken more time, would have realised there was something wrong and could have been able to stop it. From a consumer perspective, Spence says the blame lies across the entire industry, from advisers, to platforms, trustees, auditors and the like. "There's ...

FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... delivered to our members. It meets the needs that the members have strongly been asking for in terms of that international perspective in a global financial services community, and we've seen at least a 25% reduction in their membership fees." Cox ...

QIC to lead investor gateway for energy sector

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... significant infrastructure investment opportunities in Australia and an important market from a global allocation perspective," Rampa said.

Annual ReCALIbrate recipients named

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
The 2025 recipients of the Council of Australian Life Insurers' (CALI) third annual ReCALIbrate program have been announced. The five beneficiaries are Whitsunday Wealth financial adviser Zoe Kennedy, Parachute Cover life insurance specialist Natalie ...

Perpetual dumps 23m Myer shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... easing of interest rates has supported retail activity in some sectors. Whilst this has been mixed from a category perspective, womenswear and home categories have shown particular strength," Myer said. "However, Australian consumers continue to exercise ...

Shield collapse brings wholesale governance to the forefront

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... particularly when putting together portfolios and Statements of Advice. "What I'm hearing more from a governance perspective is the best interests of their clients... I think they are positive trends as we continue to lift the bar on what we're ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... for superannuation funds has recently been formalised via the Financial Accountability Regime from an accountability perspective, and I think that will shift the way that people think about their responsibilities but also how they demonstrate that they ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... say, 'we have over $600,000 of equity here, I'd like to do something more productive with that from an investment perspective', what we might then find is that they can do an equity release," he explains. "The benefit with that is the interest rate payable ...

World's pension market hits $36.9tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... than ever." Willis Towers Watson co-head of governance, investments Australia Ellie Boston-Clark added that from the perspective of Australian funds in the rankings, there was a distinct difference between the 10 industry super funds in the study, which ...