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LGT Crestone promotes investment duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... and Mercer. At Qantas Super, he helped develop and enhance the firm's capital market valuation frameworks and risk systems, contributing to portfolio strategy and asset allocation decisions. Additionally, as a core member of Mercer's capital ...

Fees for no service see former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... report it immediately to Crown Wealth Group, her licensee. Further, she failed to investigate the conduct and implement systems to prevent it from happening again and did not refund the fees. In total, the fees collected amounted to $81,653 plus interest. ...

ASIC releases new relief for reportable situations regime

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... of the reporting burden while upholding the objectives of the regime. "Licensees are reminded to ensure they have the systems and processes in place to identify, escalate, investigate, rectify and capture incidents and breaches as part of their general ...

Pension leaders urge US 401(k) plans to embrace private markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... Association (PREA) Spring Conference, experts including John Mitchem of JM3 Projects/Jasper Forum said global pension systems are undergoing a profound transformation, as funded DC savings become the dominant model of retirement finance. At the heart ...

ASIC launches fresh inquiry into ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... you simply cannot buy and settle on the Australian public equities and futures markets without relying on ASX and its systems. The inquiry provides an opportunity for ASX to bolster market trust." ASIC will discontinue its investigation of the 20 December ...

ASIC reads the riot act to the super industry: Longo

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... service. "ASIC's work has laid bare governance challenges, and exposed super trustee board blind spots around their data, systems, and processes. For example, our death benefits review found that even the fastest trustees processed less than half (48%) ...

Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards aren't a replacement for qualitative and blended investment ratings systems. They are complementary," Rainmaker said. Based on Rainmaker's analysis of unlisted unit trusts and exchange-traded funds ...

Super funds to take stock of information security controls

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... reinforced the "persistent weaknesses" in licensees' information security controls. Five major super funds saw their systems breached when cybercriminals access members' accounts using personal details and passwords available on the dark web ...

Regulators note advances in life insurers' practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... premiums were increased without a clear right to do so, returned overpaid premiums to consumers and fixed the relevant systems and processes. The regulators also noted that life companies reviewed their risk governance practices, leading to "some improvements ...

Aged care reforms pushed to November

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... starts. This brief deferral allows providers to train their staff and have conversations with their clients, get their IT systems ready and prepare operations for an orderly transition." The reforms have also been a point of concern for financial advisers ...