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APRA simplifies retirement data collection by trustees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
As part of its response to industry feedback on the proposed Retirement Reporting Framework, the prudential regulator has streamlined data requirements, ensuring transparency while reducing the excessive data collection burden. The framework is part ...

Active equity managers lag benchmarks: SPIVA

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
Most active equity managers in Australia underperformed their benchmarks in the first half of 2026, despite market conditions that appeared supportive of stock picking, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices' latest SPIVA Australia Scorecard. The S&P DJI ...

FEATURE | Managed accounts | Industrialising advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
Consider a situation where a financial adviser believes an investment is no longer suitable for their clients. Perhaps a fund manager is underperforming or a stock held directly by clients needs to be sold. In the past, advisers would often have to ...

Viridian launches national broking business

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
Viridian Financial Group has launched Viridian Lending, bringing the mortgage broking operations under a single national brand as the group seeks to strengthen links between brokers and financial advisers. The launch completes the integration of the ...

Future Fund looks beyond AI winners to hedge risk

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
The Future Fund is hedging its artificial intelligence (AI) investment risks by spreading exposure across the value chain and with investments across asset classes, including infrastructure, venture capital, private equity and listed equities. It is ...

LRBA ban raises questions as new details emerge

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
New data indicates the impact of the limited resources borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) ban for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) may have been underestimated, which will affect a market significantly larger than what officials suggested, with major implications ...

Northern Trust AM Australia among five to split $4.3bn mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Northern Trust Asset Management Australia is one of several fund managers that scored a major mandate from Taiwan's Bureau of Labor Funds (BLF) to help manage a total pool of US$3 billion ($4.3bn). The BLF also picked Amundi Asset Management, BNP ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of Australian Fiduciaries

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Queensland-based Australian Fiduciaries, which is currently in liquidation. This follows Australian Fiduciaries' inability to pay the amount determined by the Australian Financial ...

Special Feature: Rewarding patient capital

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
Co-investments and the secondaries market are driving a fresh wave of private equity deals, with super funds emerging as major players, but in a tougher, slower season for the asset class, endurance is key. Investors looking at private equity for the ...

Super funds fail customer service test: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
Superannuation funds are apathetic, dismissive and continue to fail members at the most basic service level, a new investigation from Super Consumers Australia (SCA) reveals, which slapped the industry with an overall failing grade on customer satisfaction. ...
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