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Uniting Financial Services appoints chief executive

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
Uniting Financial Services (UFS) has appointed Ross Smith to the position of chief executive. He assumes the role from acting chief executive John McComb, who will continue as chief risk officer. Smith brings a wealth of experience in financial services ...

Ascalon Capital acquires Evergreen Consultants

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
Ascalon Capital has acquired Evergreen Consultants, saying the two firms have a shared focus on investment excellence, governance and adviser partnerships. The deal will strengthen Ascalon's position in the domestic wealth management market by leveraging ...

Majority reject crypto investments in super fund: Swyftx

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
Australians do not want their super invested in digital assets, despite some super funds and overseas pension funds dipping their toes in. According to Swyftx's fifth Annual Australian Crypto Survey, based on a survey of some 3009 Australian adults ...

AusFood Super names investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... Superannuation Trust), signed Richard Dinham as investment chief after he completed a five-month consulting stint with the organisation. Dinham replaces Murray Rutherford, who served as chief executive and the chief investment officer when the fund was ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, ART, AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... appointed to the investment committee at First Australians Capital - Australia's first Indigenous-led debt fund. The organisation is at the forefront of impact investing, empowering First Nations communities by directing capital and providing capacity-building ...

Uniseed appoints chief executive

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... appointed Alastair Hick as its chief executive starting January 2026, succeeding Peter Devine who will leave the organisation in December after 20 years in the role. Hick will take over the role next year following a transition period through December. ...

MLC sets sights on top super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... we're pulling those elements together under a trusted brand. It's been around for a long time. It's an organisation that's well governed, strong balance sheet strength and has an eye on the future." Woodall said the MLC brand will have ...

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. ...

APRA updates governance framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has provided an update on its consultation to modernise the prudential framework on governance for superannuation trustees, banks and insurers. In March, APRA proposed eight measures to update its ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... underpinned by distributed ledger technology (DLT), one of the biggest challenges across the entire ecosystem the organisation found was there was "no single source of truth", according to GROW Inc chief strategy officer Adam Gee. "The main differentiator ...