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MDS drags Treasury to assess FSC levy proposal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
... adviser groups view the rapidly growing self-licensed sector as a competitive threat and this proposal would materially blunt that competition. "A levy whose stated modelling anticipates the exit of one in five licensees, overwhelmingly the smallest ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... what to ask. I'm always saying advisers will fix this long before ASIC," he adds. While advisers are getting better and blunt with their questions, Torrington says there is still room for improvement. Going forward, Cunningham predicts retail investors ...

Perpetual multi asset leads exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... Pinnacle. The changes come ahead of the sale of Perpetual's wealth business to Bain Capital, with head of growth assets David Blunt stepping in as acting chief investment officer. Kav oversaw the firm's multi-manager research and investment process across ...

Perpetual CIO jumps to Pinnacle

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... Perpetual ends a 15-year association with the firm, during which he led its investment team for the past 18 months. David Blunt, previously head of growth assets, has been named acting chief investment officer in his place. Before being appointed chief ...

Major super reforms cost members $670m in death benefits: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... PYS and PMIF legislation. These laws were meant to protect balances, and that intent was sound. But the mechanism was too blunt. Insurance was switched off by default, often leaving people unaware it had happened."

Perpetual names interim investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... arm has appointed a new investment lead ahead of an anticipated sale of the business to buyout firm Bain Capital. David Blunt, who is head of growth assets, has been named acting chief investment officer, taking over from Kyle Lidbury, who departs after ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
In 2019, then APRA chair Wayne Byres had a blunt message for superannuation funds: "Are you going to get better, or are you going to get out?" The question marked the decisive shift in the regulator's tone, making its agenda explicit: super funds ...

ESG labelling could 'destabilise' super system: RIAA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
... ESG labelling could "destabilise" the super system and the broader market for responsible investment products. It said a blunt instrument simply cannot be applied to super products, which are inherently complex and diversified. Doing so could limit choice ...

RBA lays down the law on interest rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... to be set for aggregate economic conditions. We only have one instrument - the interest rate - to impact demand and it is blunt. "But just as inflation is felt differently by various groups in the community, so too are interest rate moves. We therefore ...

ASIC calls out licensees: 'We will take action'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner Alan Kirkland issued a blunt warning to licensees not meeting their obligations. Speaking at an industry event, Kirkland said the regulator has spent two years warning licensees to ...
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