Super trustees urged to strengthen oversight of retirement strategy implementation

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) are calling on superannuation trustees to boost efforts to track and measure the impact of their... Read more continue reading

Iress completes internal investigation of unauthorised access incident

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Iress has concluded its internal investigation into the unauthorised access of Iress’ user space on GitHub as first announced on 13 May 2024. The investigation has found no evidence of... Read more continue reading

Australian Retirement Trust launches new High Growth Index option; banks double-digit investment returns

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Australian Retirement Trust (ART), one of Australia’s largest super funds, has delivered a 11.3% return for its High Growth option for the 2023/24 financial year. It’s the second year in... Read more continue reading

Investment Trends research to come under the microscope at Technical Summit

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Delegates to the SMSF Association 2024 Technical Summit, being held on 24-25 July at Sydney’s Hyatt Regency, will get a rare insight into the Vanguard/Investment Trends 2024 SMSF Report that explores how... Read more continue reading

Global investors say there has never been a more opportune time to invest in Australia: Citi A50 Australian Economic Forum

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Global investors who collectively manage over AU $27 trillion in assets under management have travelled to Sydney to hear the Australian Treasurer and other senior government ministers, the RBA Deputy... Read more continue reading

New partners and directors at HLB Mann Judd

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The HLB Mann Judd Australasian Association has made several new partner and director appointments, effective 1 July 2024. In Perth, Norman Neill has been appointed managing partner, replacing Lucio Di Giallonardo who... Read more continue reading

Zurich Assure Board appointment

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Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) today announced the appointment of Pauline Vamos as Independent Director and Chair of Zurich Assure, effective 1 July 2024. Ms Vamos has extensive experience across financial... Read more continue reading

AMP Advice welcomes the launch of Hatch Financial Group in WA  

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AMP Advice is pleased to announce the official launch of Hatch Financial Group, an aligned advice practice in Western Australia. Led by Nick Hatch, an experienced adviser who has been... Read more continue reading

Bill Moss AO, Frank Ganis and Dr Rehman join Salaam Finance

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Salaam Finance is pleased to announce the appointment of two Non-Executive Directors and new Chair of its Advisory Board, effective from 1 July 2024. Chairman of the home-finance business Dr... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 28 June, 2024

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Investment markets and key developments Share markets were mixed over the last week. US shares rose, recovering from a brief pull back in tech stocks led by Nvidia, as economic... Read more continue reading