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Insignia Financial posts strong quarter

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
Insignia Financial delivered a strong first quarter for FY26, with funds under management and administration now exceeding $340 billion. Over the period, the business saw total net inflows of $1.0 billion, driven by $1.3 billion of net inflows into ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Ben Hillier's 83-year-old mother recently went on her fourth overseas holiday this year. It was, says Hillier, at his insistence. A few years ago, his mother was convinced she wouldn't be able to travel anymore. She couldn't afford to do ...

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 ...

WAM takes over PIA board, vows to lift underperformance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Wilson Asset Management (WAM) has successfully taken over the board of the Pengana International Equities (PIA) LIC in the hope of overhauling its investment strategy amid continued underperformance. WAM's Geoff Wilson and Jesse Hamilton, and Richard ...

Adviser banned after $11.3m loss

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
ASIC confirmed it permanently banned WA-based adviser Noel Northcott in April, over concerns it had around Northcott's involvement in the Noon Investment Fund and the Quant Fund, after a ruling by Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) allowed the regulator ...

ASIC slaps MWL adviser with ban over Shield involvement

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
ASIC has banned Wade Spooner of Melbourne for eight years for advising his clients to invest their superannuation into the Shield Master Fund while he was an authorised representative of MWL Financial Services. Spooner, also a member of MWL's investment ...

'We have entered a new economic era': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief economist Luke Yeaman has warned investors that the world has entered a "new economic era" where the rules are "very different", in his most recent economic update. "Things that have been disdained in recent decades are ...

Australian Ethical appoints chief operating officer

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Australian Ethical will welcome Anthony Lane as chief operating officer on November 10. Reporting to Australian Ethical chief executive John McMurdo, Lane will become a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for overseeing day-to-day ...

First Guardian shaves $286m off Praemium FUA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
Praemium has calculated the impact of its exposure to the First Guardian collapse, reducing its total funds under administration (FUA) by close to $300 million. Praemium reduced its FUA by $286 million in relation to First Guardian holdings in the September ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders to TruePillars

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
ASIC has told private credit manager TruePillars to halt distribution of its product disclosure statements (PDSs) for two offerings. The interim orders prevent the fund from offering, issuing, selling or transferring interests in the Pooled Unit and ...