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Rest pays $40k over misleading statements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
ASIC issued two infringement notices to the industry fund for misleading statements it made after charging more than 2000 members for insurance cover they were not supposed to have. The regulator said Rest made false or misleading representations in ...

FICAP RockStar raises $110k for charity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
The Finance Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) annual RockStar event raised $110,000 for charity last night. Each year, Sydney's financial services industry comes together to raise much-needed funds for multiple charity partners while discovering ...

ASIC permanently bans jailed adviser

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
ASIC has permanently banned a former financial adviser after he was convicted for defrauding family and friends out of $4.5 million. Anthony Joseph Del Vecchio served as a financial adviser for Freedom Finance Australia from November 2016 to October ...

Perpetual dumps 23m Myer shares

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... January. Following the results, Perpetual reduced its stake to 11.6% from 12.95%. Wilson Asset Management and Dimensional Fund Advisors are also among Myer's largest shareholders. Myer executive chair Olivia Wirth said the retailer was weighed down by ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... insurance. Jo Brennan, the group executive of member engagement, education and advice at Aware Super, says the $198.6 billion fund wants to scale how it can make digital advice meaningful and work across the full spectrum of help. Some 158,000 members ...

Australia, UK regulators exchange insights

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... finance and sustainable finance. These conversations will help share expertise from the UK and Australia on topics such as fund labels for sustainable investment products, climate-related financial disclosures, transition planning, and the opportunities ...

AFCA temporarily reinstates UGC to address complaints

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... (UGC) membership until 31 March 2026, to ensure consumers can lodge complaints regarding Shield and First Guardian Master Fund. UGC was expelled from AFCA membership in May 2025 after entering liquidation and cancellation of its AFS licence. However ...

Equip Super appoints chief risk officer

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... risk. With specialised expertise in risk governance, assurance and operational resilience, during her four years at the super fund, Cheong has been responsible for embedding risk management practices across the organisation and advancing the maturity ...

Guardians appoints new head of risk

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, manager of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, has announced Maaike van Tol as the new head of risk. Van Tol will begin her new position on September 29, after over a year with the Guardians' asset allocation ...

La Trobe has two of three stop orders lifted

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... last week. The two funds now reopen to investment are the 12 Month and 2 Year Accounts of the La Trobe Australian Credit Fund. In addition, La Trobe Direct - the online investment platform - is back online after it was shut down earlier this week. However ...