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Explosive rise in claims drives new TPD solution for Acenda

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... to over $2.2 billion in the past year, positioning mental health as the leading cause of TPD claims. The Life Code Compliance Committee has also found that many insurers are currently using blanket mental health exclusions, rather than exploring alternative ...

Guardians appoints new head of risk

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... allocation team. In her new role, she will manage risk across the organisation including portfolio and model risk, compliance, operational due diligence and enterprise risk. Bringing nearly a decade of experience with ANZ Investments (ANZ), she finished ...

Federal court slams director for 'fanciful' asset valuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... framework for the protection of investors," Justice Derrington said. "Mr Hodgson adopted a laissez-faire approach to compliance with the financial services law." This was not the first time Hodgson has been under ASIC's scrutiny. In July 2015, he was ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... APRA before entering any "material arrangement". Thereafter, the entity is obliged to regularly review and report on compliance with the service provider's management policy. To many, attaining service providers requires such comprehensive procedures ...

ASIC appoints new chair, deputy chair and members to MDP

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... Bank head of listed derivatives and clearing for APAC Sebastien Bonvalet-Nicolle and Regal Partners head of markets compliance Andrew Couper. "We welcome the new MDP members and congratulate Weekes and Brittain on their appointments as chair and deputy ...

Another industry body urges Division 296 reconsideration

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... it - like many industry bodies - believes the taxing of unrealised capital gains and the lack of indexation can pose compliance challenges for affected taxpayers. Division 296, which will impose 15% additional tax on super balances over the $3 million ...

Insurers' approaches reinforcing mental health stigma: Life CCC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
The Life Insurance Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has found many insurers are still using blanket mental health exclusions despite being required to assess customers' individual circumstances. Releasing its report on life insurers' compliance ...

ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... its capital add-on to $750 million. ASIC chair Joe Longo slammed the bank for "fundamental issues" in its risk and compliance culture that "require the board's and executives' urgent attention". "In the bond trading case, ANZ was in a trusted ...

ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... traditions of market clearing and price discovery, of continuous disclosure in Australia, established rules around what compliance looks like, all those protections for investors, so it's important to understand the why."

Federal Court slaps Mawhinney with 15-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... funds related to financial products for 15 years after the Federal Court determined he had a "cavalier attitude to compliance" and was "reckless" in operating his business. Last Friday, Justice Button handed down the final relief, saying that unless ...