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Former Kerr Neilson staffer pleads guilty to insider trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... Platinum shares while in possession of inside information and encouraged others to also invest in the shares. Between 4 January 2024 and 8 October 2024, the regulator also alleged he operated a financial services business without an AFSL. Based in New ...

Account number issue causes angst, undue admin work: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... law that has caused a significant regulatory burden for all parties," Anderson said. The FAAA reached out to Treasury in January to seek guidance and a solution. Treasury responded in February saying it intended to include the account number and that ...

PC suggests removing excessive entry requirements for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... expected a significant number of advisers will exit the industry later this year as the education requirement deadline of 1 January 2026 arrives. "The Productivity Commission acknowledging that entry requirements are disproportionate to the level of ...

CBA sets aside $52m for remediation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... allegations and CBA said it will continue to defend the proceedings. The second superannuation class action was filed in January 2020 against CFSIL and the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society (CMLA) with AIA Australia joining as the third respondent ...

Legalsuper appoints chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... as company secretary. Wheatley-Brown is the fund's longest-serving executive, having joined the leadership team in January 2017. Legalsuper returned 12.56% to MySuper members in FY25.

Four men charged over sophisticated bond scam

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... using fake social media advertisement and investment comparison sites to help run a bond scam. ASIC alleges that between January and July 2021, Dimitrios (James) Podaridis, Peter Delis, Bassilios (Bill) Floropoulos, and Harry Tsalikidis were involved ...

Treasury launches retirement phase consultations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... Retirement Income Covenant and Prudential Standard SPS 515: Strategic Planning and Member Outcomes, which commenced on January 1. One possible indicator for measuring fund offerings can be providing members options for drawdowns other than minimum drawdown ...

Treasury launches consultation on CSLR breaching sub-sector levy caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... that exceeds a sub-sector cap. For the financial advice sector, the estimate is larger than the $20 million levy cap. In January, the CSLR announced it estimates that financial advisers will have to fork out $70 million to fund the scheme for FY26 - ...

ASX chief compliance officer to step down

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
Daniel Moran, the chief compliance officer of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) since January 2023, has announced his resignation. During the transition period, general manager listings compliance Garth Riddell will step into the role of interim ...

Mulino sits on Tranche 2 for now, grapples with complexity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... needed. The CSLR's FY26 estimate was recently revised to $75.698 million, down from the initial estimate published in January of $77.975 million. Mulino flagged he will need to look at the scheme in its entirety and examine every point in the supply ...