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Trump slugs Australia with new 'forced-labour' tariffs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... call to the world to join the United States in adopting the most common-sense of policies to combat this indefensible practice." On February 20, the US Supreme Court terminated the reciprocal tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic ...

ASIC simplifies guidance to improve capital raising activity

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... market regulator is seeking input on whether the proposed guidance is sufficiently clear and if it reflects industry practice in managing risks associated with sell-side research. At the same time, ASIC is seeking feedback on issues not proposed to change ...

Fund managers unsure about expenditures on AI

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... for all the conviction that AI is essential, there is no consensus on what the right level of commitment looks like in practice - and for an industry where capital allocation decisions carry significant weight, that lack of consensus carries real risk," ...

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 ...

ASX to rejig corporate governance framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
The ASX is looking to modernise eight core corporate governance principles, which include rejigging executive remuneration and board composition, to make them fit-for-purpose in the current environment in which ASX-listed entities operate in. The bourse ...

legalsuper appoints HESTA executive as CEO, names new CIO

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
legalsuper has appointed a new chief executive and new chief investment officer, hiring from HESTA and Qantas Super. HESTA chief operating officer Stephan Reilly will take on the role of chief executive officer and former Qantas Super deputy chief investment ...

Treasury expects regulators to do the heavy lifting

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
Treasury has released new Statements of Expectations (SoE) for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), with an emphasis on how the regulators should promote a more sustainable ...

arcpoint OCIO adopts dual chief investment officer model

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
... deliver," Creighton said. "It is to produce genuine investment outcomes, in a way that is both disciplined and aligned to the practice's chosen mode of advice. Building that with two of us fully accountable, and a talented team around us, is how we earn ...

FAAA names new chair as David Sharpe prepares to step down

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026
... merger of the AFA and FPA. Veitch was one of the founding principals, and managing director, of her South Australian based practice, Mybluesky, she currently serves as general manager advice (SA) for PSK Private Wealth and continues to practice as a ...

Super funds fail customer service test: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... scored above 55% across the metrics of ease, success and sentiment. None reached the 80% benchmark considered as the best practice "green zone". Call centre staff often struggled to balance identity verification requirements with empathy, particularly ...
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