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Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... been accused of lacking adequate risk management systems. The regulator said it was because of "critical oversight and compliance failures" by Interprac that thousands of Australians received poor financial advice, putting their retirement savings at ...

MBS Insurance partners with Orbital Life

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... operational infrastructure, including its bespoke Salesforce client-database platform and business support team, spanning compliance, paraplanning and claims management. Orbital Life founder and managing director Nick Fanto said the business has ambitious ...

Industry bodies offer Payday Super resources

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... phase will involve testing new systems and processes and reviewing new business practices against the ATO's new compliance guidelines. "The key risks here will be system bottlenecks, and inconsistent interpretations of requirements which could see ...

Perennial snaps up 50% of Balmoral, hands over microcap mandate

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... have the scale to operate profitably and grow substantially with the support of Perennial in distribution, marketing, compliance and administration," Canham said. Smith noted an evolution in the microcap space with the average market capitalisation of ...

Advice industry under strain amid crisis of inefficiencies: Elemnta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... estimate that they are only spending 45% of their time on non-advice operations, including time spent on implementation, compliance, and administration work. However, Elemnta said the figure is closer to 86%, nearly doubling advisers' perception. "Such ...

ASX names chief compliance officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
ASX has appointed a former APRA general counsel to the role of chief compliance officer, reporting to chief executive Helen Lofthouse. Lucinda McCann is succeeding Daniel Moran, who announced his resignation in July after 15 years at the exchange. McCann ...

Super funds a "standout" in risk and compliance hiring: Kaizen

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
Superannuation funds have been a standout driver of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) hiring, according to a report by Kaizen Recruitment. The latest salary guide by the recruitment firm found pockets of resilience and emerging opportunities in ...

ASIC cracks down on adviser CPD failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... adviser. ASIC said it is important financial advisers remember continuing professional development is "not merely a compliance obligation to tick off", but that it is important to maintain competency and improve knowledge and skills. ASIC said it will ...

Super moves: AustralianSuper,HESTA, Rest

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... after three years at Cbus Super Fund, Kevin Hong has been named senior manager in the investments operational risk and compliance team at Rest. Before joining Cbus Super as a risk and compliance analyst, he worked at ANZ in acquisitions and valuations ...

Majority of SMSF establishments based on bad advice: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... retirement savings at risk, an ASIC review reveals. Of 100 financial advice files investigated, 62 failed to demonstrate compliance with the best interests duty. One quarter of these raised significant concerns about client detriment relating to recommendations ...