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Advisers lean on AQF7 to meet education standards: Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
A new report indicates that Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) 7 qualifications are the most common forms of qualification among financial advisers, held by 85% of the population. Taking into account the new professional standards reforms, which ...

STOXX broadens global equity suite

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... the family comprises more than 1300 indices spanning global, regional and single-country exposures. STOXX said the new framework was developed to support portfolio construction and benchmarking through a transparent, scalable methodology, while complimenting ...

FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Grab a shopping cart and enter the investment supermarket. The shelves are stacked - an Aussie large-cap fund here, an ETF there, a fixed-income fund somewhere near the back, past the alternatives nobody quite understands. There is an estimated $1 trillion ...

Rest calls for better alignment in default options

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... super switching. As such, Rest is calling on the government to work with industry to develop a standardised labelling framework that applies consistent risk categories and descriptors across comparable investment options. "Members could benefit greatly ...

ASX to rejig corporate governance framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... its Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations, which have been in place since 2019 and provide a high-level framework that forms the foundation of what good corporate governance looks like for ASX-listed entities. The draft principles were ...

New alternative investment firm lands in Sydney

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... "I'd say that we've really focused on this segment... we're the only guys in the market that really apply our framework into this subsect of the market, and by doing so, we're the price makers in this side of the market. "We're solving ...

NGS Super names head of strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
... advice on strategic, design and governance challenges with key partners, and served as an adviser to Treasury on the framework for retirement income products for three years. He recently finished up his involvement at ASFA after 15 years, where he was ...

Entireti names former Perpetual chief as chair

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... the past year, Lloyd has consulted Entireti on strategic planning, governance and strengthening the group's operating framework. "I've observed the evolution of Entireti with the greatest admiration for Neil and his leadership team, and I'm inspired ...

ASIC fines Deutsche Bank for 'systemic' reporting failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026
... than 260,000 over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions, saying the fine reflected "deficiencies" in the reporting framework and such failures were "systematic." ASIC said Deutsche Bank failed to take all reasonable steps to accurately report the ...

Traditional investing principles unsuitable in decumulation: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026
... even where long-term average returns appear attractive," he said. "That's why we believe advisers need a broader framework for evaluating retirement portfolios. Looking only at expected returns is no longer enough. Downside capture, recovery characteristics ...
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