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Equity Trustees to ask Mulino for help amid First Guardian, Shield fallout

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
Equity Trustees will follow Netwealth's lead and make an application to the government under Part 23 of the SIS Act for help in making First Guardian and Shield investors whole. Speaking at the Equity Trustees annual general meeting today, managing ...

Morningstar DBRS expands into regional Australia

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
Global credit rating agency Morningstar DBRS (Morningstar) has announced its expansion into the Asia Pacific region with the opening of a new regional hub in Australia. The Sydney hub will function as a service center for the broader Asia Pacific region. ...

James Mawhinney launches another appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Mayfair 101 managing director James Mawhinney is appealing the Federal Court's decision to bar him from dealing in financial products for 15 years. Last month, the Federal Court upheld a previous decision to ban Mawhinney from receiving or soliciting ...

Netwealth invokes Part 23 of SIS Act in First Guardian response

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
Netwealth has applied to the government for financial assistance under Part 23 of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 in order to compensate members impacted by the First Guardian failure. This morning, the listed platform and superannuation ...

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
The fall of the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund calls for tougher scrutiny of research houses and licensees to strengthen their governance framework, according to experts, who warn that an entrenched system requires an urgent shakeup. ...

Strategic partnerships focus for global family businesses: Deloitte

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
Roughly half of family businesses globally intend to increase focus on strategic partnerships and joint ventures in the next 12 to 24 months. According to the latest report by Deloitte, which surveyed 1587 senior executives globally from family businesses ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
At any given opportunity, policymakers and industry leaders love to boast about Australia's 'world-class' $4.3 trillion superannuation system. While investments and performance have been impressive and the system has taken the pressure off the government ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
For much of the past year or so, there has been a great deal of focus on the superannuation industry and its processing of insurance claims, largely owing to immense delays at some of the largest institutions. Stories have emerged of the likes of AustralianSuper ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
The retirement savings of thousands of Australians have been lost in the First Guardian and Shield failures and, while investigations are ongoing, the blame for their collapse and the misconduct that led to it is being passed around like a football ...

FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) has a more than 135-year history in Australia. It was formed in 2005 by the merger of the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance, which was established by a group of bankers in 1886, and ...