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CBA updates on class actions, governance review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) released its half year results today, seeing profits rise to $5.4 billion. As part of is H1 report, the major bank gave an update on its ongoing superannuation and advice-related class actions. CBA said it still ...

FIIG Securities fined $2.5m for lengthy cyber failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... place." This marks the first time the Federal Court has imposed civil penalties for cyber security failures under the general AFSL obligations, which she said sets a clear expectation regarding cyber resilience. "Clients entrust licensees with sensitive ...

Treasury to reform managed investment scheme governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... Meanwhile, Treasury asks if REs should have more specific financial resource requirements be imposed in addition to the current general obligation to have adequate resources in place. By ASIC's count, there were 3587 MISs as at June 2025. "According ...

UN pension fund confirms leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... Joint Staff Pension Fund has a new lead. Robert van der Zee was permanently appointed by the United Nations Secretary General to oversee the pension fund as Representative of the Secretary General for the investment of the fund's assets, having served ...

Macquarie AM to acquire Last Mile Infrastructure and Energy Assets Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... Asset Management (MAM) has announced it will up its stake in Last Mile Infrastructure by 50%, buying out Municipal and General (M&G) infrastructure private equity investment arm Infracapital. The deal will make MAM-managed funds the complete owner of ...

Future Group rejigs investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... director, investments, people and sustainability, and join the board as a non-executive director. Davis previously worked as general manager of strategy and growth and chief operating officer at MLC Asset Management, and as director for Australia and ...

AZ NGA names chief operating officer

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... executive positions, including managing director of Diverger and managing director of Paragem. He also tenured in several general manager positions at Perpetual Private. In his new role, Jacobsen will be responsible for driving business transformation ...

Government consults on victim access to child sex abusers' super

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... tireless work of survivors and advocates who have long called for stronger accountability and justice." Meanwhile, attorney-general Michelle Rowland said the government will do everything it can to crack down on perpetrators committing these acts. "There ...

ASIC welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... role after serving as deputy chair. Treasurer Jim Chlamer said the Albanese Government will recommend to the Governor-General that Court be appointed as the next chair of ASIC. "Ms Court has been an excellent deputy and she'll be an outstanding chair. ...

Palisade restructures leadership, creates partnership group

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... as a partner responsible for governance and risk; Ben Malone will continue to lead Palisade's legal function as group general counsel; and finally, Will Clarke will remain responsible for operations and ESG as head of operations. The partnership group ...