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Rest Super deputy CIO lands new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
Rest Super will say goodbye to one of its top investment leaders after Simon Esposito resigned from his role as head of private markets and deputy chief investment officer. The $93 billion superannuation fund for retail workers, confirmed it is currently ...

ASIC bans another former Lighthouse Partners director

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned former Lighthouse Partners director and financial adviser Timothy Archibald from providing financial services for 10 years, for fees for no service (FFNS) conduct. This comes after ...

La Trobe appoints new liquidity chief

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
La Trobe Financial (La Trobe) has named Dan Baker as the new chief liquidity officer. Baker brings over two decades of experience in liquidity, treasury, and market risk to the role. He joins La Trobe following his most recent role as the treasurer ...

ASIC raises alarm on auditor independence, conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
Too many auditors are failing the independence test and breaching conflicts of interest obligations, according to an ASIC investigation. A review of 15 audit firms saw nine did not meet rotation requirements while five of them had "relevant relationships" ...

Platinum LIC turns down WAM bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
Platinum Capital (PMC) shareholders have rejected Wilson Asset Management's (WAM) bid to be the investment manager of the listed investment company (LIC) in the hope of replacing Platinum Asset Management. WAM flagged its intentions of becoming the ...

CareSuper, MIESF finalise merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
The merger between CareSuper and the Meat Industry Employees' Super Fund (MIESF) is now complete. The merger was effective yesterday, with CareSuper taking on MIESF's almost 17,000 members and about $1.1 billion in funds under management. Financial ...

RBA delivers 'hawkish hold'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates on hold at 3.6% at the meeting yesterday - a move widely predicted by economists. However, some were surprised by the post-meeting statement released by the central bank. "Recent data, while partial ...

Super funds must improve reporting, audits: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
Registrable superannuation entities (RSEs) must do more to ensure asset valuations in financial reports are reliable and improve disclosure of sponsorship and advertising expenses. Those are two key outcomes of an ASIC review into the financial reporting ...

Allspring appoints head of sales for new Sydney office

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
Allspring Global Investments has announced Jeremy Gordon will be the head of sales for Australia and New Zealand, leading its new Sydney office. Gordon brings over 25 years of experience in the funds management industry to the role. He previously spent ...

UBS shutters international shares fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
UBS Asset Management has decided to terminate the 33-year-old UBS International Share Fund, noting the fund is not at an "optimal size" to continue. The fund is to be terminated on or around October 21. "After analysis of market conditions and investment ...