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Warakirri names head of wholesale

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026
... role, reporting to head of distribution Stuart Devlin. Papakonstantinos brings two decades of experience in financial services working across advice, business development and investment research. Most recently, he was a distribution manager at Copia ...

Apex Group head of super to depart

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2026
... progression with the rapid development of technology, data and artificial intelligence (AI) across the broader financial services industry. "I'm excited to work alongside Ash, Joash and the broader Novigi team to help drive the next phase of growth ...

Block Earner launches crypto-backed loan platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2026
... institutional-grade technology to navigate the next phase of innovation. "As digital assets become increasingly embedded in financial services, it is clear that institutional-grade infrastructure is the foundation for innovation," Zhang said. "We're ...

Special Feature: Beyond safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
... custodians now stretch far beyond anything a traditional mandate envisaged. When Aware Super's head of investment services Michael Nairn describes what his fund wants from its custodian, settlement barely rates a mention. "There's a constant ...

AMP appoints employer partnership lead

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... point in the group's superannuation strategy. "I've long admired AMP for its history in Australian financial services, particularly in corporate super," he said. "AMP Super offers a compelling proposition for members, employers and advisers. ...

Advisers lean on AQF7 to meet education standards: Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... individuals were identified as not having any qualifications or training courses marked from some 82 Australian financial services licensees. Of those individuals, 106 records on the FAR have been updated to reflect they are, in fact, qualified, while ...

State Street IM Australian investments lead to retire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... clients in Australia." Shead has also retired from his directorship duties at State Street Global Advisors, Australia Services effective July 23, and has been replaced by Meaghan Victor who is SSIM's managing director and head of intermediary client ...

ASIC bans former NextGen Financial Group directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
ASIC banned two former NextGen Financial Group directors from working in financial services for three years for failing to comply with Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determinations. Nicholas Duncan Jeremy Brookes and Vittorio Vincenzo ...

Macquarie chair provides 'cautious' outlook at AGM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... 31 March 2026 and the equity portfolio of $5.1 billion was broadly in line with 31 March 2026. Banking and Financial Services net profit contribution was also up on pcp, driven by volume growth in the loan portfolio and BFS deposits, partially offset ...

ASIC simplifies guidance to improve capital raising activity

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... to just eight, under a new principles-based proposal by ASIC. Sell-side research is prepared by Australian financial services licensees such as investment banks and stockbrokers to help clients make investment decisions including about upcoming initial ...