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EQT stands firm on defence, blames ASIC, third parties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... and "reasonable monitoring" of it. But in doing so, it "reasonably relied" on third-party service providers. ETSL as the trustee of the AMG Superannuation Fund, under the NQ Super and Pension platforms, and Super Simplifier Superannuation Fund approved ...

Cordis AM winds up only fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
Cordis Asset Management will close its only fund, the Cordis Global Medical Technology Fund, after more than four years in operation. Cordis chief executive Michael Cartmill told Financial Standard it was a "difficult but disciplined" decision that ...

Praemium governance executive joins MST

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
Damian Cilmi has left his position as head of investment managers and governance at Praemium to set up a new business at MST Financial. Cilmi, formerly head of investment managers and governance at Praemium, joins MST as a partner responsible for building ...

Wilkin-Smith, Hales join trustee board for AMP Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
Nigel Wilkin-Smith and Cathy Hales have been appointed non-executive directors of NM Super, the superannuation trustee for AMP. Wilkin-Smith will also join the trustee's investment committee. He brings extensive experience in the design and oversight ...

First Super chief to join rival as investment head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... retention, and supporting the chief executive as required, the fund said. Everett was previously chief executive of Guild Trustee Services, a division of Guild Group. When Future Group took over Guild Group in January 2024, he became executive general ...

Small win for First Guardian victims amid platform transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... governance. Diversa, however, remains steadfast in its position that the First Guardian scheme was fraudulent. As a result, the trustee has made an application to Treasury for financial assistance under Part 23 of the SIS Act and has said it will "vigorously ...

ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... In March 2024, Dubber became aware of some inconsistencies regarding funds of up to $26.6 million held by a third-party trustee and found that the funds may have been applied to other purposes when they were purportedly held in a term deposit account. ...

Diversa hit with additional licence conditions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... processes and practices and to discharge Diversa's obligations under the additional licence conditions." Diversa acts as trustee for 10 registrable superannuation entities and has approximately 291,000 member accounts and over $15 billion in funds under ...

Trustees up sponsorship deals, Hostplus takes lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... spend member money. This includes divulging how much they spend on administration, advice, member services, marketing, trustee board (including director remuneration), and other corporate overheads such as travel and entertainment. Cbus had the next-biggest ...

Most read in 2025: Superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... performance test AMP, Insignia Financial and Bendigo SmartStart were the only superannuation fund providers whose platform trustee-directed products (TDP) failed APRA's August performance test. Only seven out of the 563 products that APRA tested ...