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Hostplus slams Lendlease over $2bn fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... are dated and inappropriate." Lendlease will now keep control of the fund by default due to the two failed attempts to conduct a meeting. Hostplus has also called for changes to the fund's constitution to enable "timely engagement and a clear pathway ...

Australia, UK regulators exchange insights

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... Australian Treasury deputy secretary James Kelly, accompanied by representatives from the Bank of England, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Prudential ...

Crypto providers to hold AFSL under proposed laws

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... general requirement to provide their services efficiently, honestly and fairly, while prohibiting misleading and deceptive conduct and unfair contract terms. They must also provide greater transparency for the market and consumers. Under the proposed ...

Retirees should put 80% of balance into annuities: Grattan

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... people won't trust it," Grattan Institute said in January 2025. And, lastly, the report recommended APRA be directed to conduct regular performance tests on account-based pensions, just like the existing super performance test. It also again called for ...

RBA says ASX has 'considerable work to do'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... appetite; ensure its risk transformation plan is appropriately resourced and implement regular reporting on the plan; conduct a review of business continuity and contingency arrangement across the CS facilities; and comprehensively improve data and reporting ...

More than 75% of asset owners wary of trade disputes

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
The fourth annual Voice of the Asset Owner survey conducted by Morningstar Indexes and Morningstar Sustainalytics reveals how global asset owners are navigating an evolving investment landscape amid global disruptions and climate imperatives. It found ...

Former Income Asset Management staffer embezzles $1.5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
A former Income Asset Management (IAM) employee has funnelled $1.5 million from the company using a bank account used by a "minority sub-custodian". IAM said it suspected fraudulent transfers made from a bank account maintained by its previous sub-custodian ...

Federal court slams director for 'fanciful' asset valuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... investors during the period. The court also found that Hodgson and MacroLend engaged in very serious misleading or deceptive conduct in claims made in material provided to investors for investments in another company in the Paladin Group, Kradle Software. ...

ASIC chair calls it quits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
ASIC chair Joe Longo has tendered his resignation, to finish up in 2026. In June, Longo told the Secretary to the Treasury he would not be seeking an extension of his term, which finishes up on 31 May 2026. A former lawyer, Longo replaced James Shipton ...

Equity Trustees slashes value of Shield investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... looking at, a range of investigations we're looking at, and the number of investors who have been affected by this conduct is, I would have thought, closer to 25,000 or 30,000."