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ASIC lands special leave against Block Earner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
ASIC is persevering in its crusade against Block Earner with the Federal Court granting a special leave to appeal an April decision that found that an AFSL was not necessary to offer a fixed-yield digital asset-related product. ASIC said its appeal ...

Two CBA class action appeals dismissed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has defeated the appeals from the Zonia and Baron shareholder class actions in the Federal Court. The Full Court concluded that the appellants did not prove any loss, and there was no award of damages. The two class actions related ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... This includes AI potentially "radically changing" specific processes like claims adjusting or responding to a particular customer complaint. "If businesses are able to halve the time it takes to process, it unlocks so much value," Davis says. Cheaper ...

Bravura, Future Group partner on digital advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
Financial services technology provider Bravura Solutions has partnered with Future Group for the initial phase of its digital advice rollout, which is now underway. The partnership will provide members pre-retirement personal advice tools, and a public-facing ...

Perpetual flags 'uncertainty' over wealth management sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
... advice." The group reported a statutory loss after tax of $58.2 million, factoring in non-cash impairments of goodwill and customer contracts of $134.6 million primarily related to the J O Hambro asset management boutique, as well as costs associated ...

Invesco sells intelliflo to Carlyle Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... is a mission-critical software provider to the UK's wealth management ecosystem, with a deeply embedded and loyal customer base. We are excited to partner with Nick, Bryan, and the team to unlock the company's full potential and deliver a new ...

Commonwealth Super delivers 'resilient' performance for FY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) posted its FY25 results, saying it continues to meet its objectives for members. The super fund delivered 10.6% for its default PSSap MySuper Balanced option, designed for Australian government employees ...

Allianz Retire+ streamlines business, trims workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... market presence, while at the same time ensuring we manage our business and teams in the most efficient manner, with customer needs at the forefront." Last month, Adrian Stewart left Allianz Australia Life Insurance and Allianz Retire+ after he was appointed ...

CBA appoints head of Australian economics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has announced Belinda Allen will take on the role of head of Australian economics after Gareth Aird left the bank in July. Allen will be responsible for developing the bank's Australian economic forecasts, views on the Reserve ...

Powerwrap drags Praemium performance, SMAs shine

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025
Praemium's separately managed accounts (SMA) business reported $610 million of net inflows while Powerwrap's outflows topped $299 million for the 2025 financial year. In addition to the SMA business, total funds under administration (FUA) was ...