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Acenda confirms leadership team

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... management of investment portfolios. Peter Histon and Lisa Hayes of Resolution Life were also appointed as group chief information officer and group general counsel, respectively. Acenda has confirmed that Grant Willis and Jane Murray will remain in ...

APRA flags growing trustee complacency on retirement strategies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... good job at this, we believe there are still many members who could benefit from greater access to easy-to-understand information about the products, services and choices available to them," Cole said. APRA's data also found that the ongoing wave of ...

Super risks continue as advice gets all clear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... Industry (Supervision) Regulations 6.34A(2) to have rollovers completed within three business days once all required information is provided. When these timeframes are breached, members can experience lost earnings, cashflow disruption, or unnecessary ...

MLC Expand targets time savings with new AI capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... Over the coming months, MLC Expand is launching automation features to populate a range of client documentation using information from the Client Service Agreement (CSA) and Statements of Advice (SoA). The SoA for new business applications is also being ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... but not financial products. Another loophole was the fact that consumers were contacted after freely providing their information after seeing an online advertisement. Commonly, those ads appeared on social media and encouraged people to compare superannuation ...

ASIC targets funds over 'disappointing' retiree communications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... communications aimed primarily at pre-retirees. As a result, ASIC said it is concerned many Australians may not have the information they need to make confident and informed decisions about retirement. In addition, the review identified a lack of urgency ...

ASIC exposes holes in managed funds' offshoring cyber controls

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... accessed from offshore. ASIC warned REs they should regularly assess OSP controls to manage sensitive and confidential information and response procedures to report any breaches of personal and confidential information as part of initial and ongoing ...

ASIC slams licensees' lax offshoring governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... outsourced tasks or business functions that can impede the ability to protect the confidentiality of business and client information, ASIC said. ASIC also engaged with six intermediary businesses based in the Philippines, India and Sri Lanka offering ...

ASIC raises alarm on auditor independence, conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... independence underpins stakeholder trust and confidence in the audit process and the reliability of the financial information being audited. "Unfortunately, our review found that many auditors failed to meet the basic independence requirements, and others ...

Platform trustees told to improve investment governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... also found a significant dependence on external research and ratings agencies, with limited internal assessment of information collected on a new investment option. For some platforms, conflict management policies were not thoroughly assessed for potential ...