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Rest lands new chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
Rest has named a new chief investment officer, appointing a former super fund chief, following the departure of Andrew Lill in November last year. Michael Clancy, the former chief executive of Qantas Super, has been appointed to the role and is set ...

ASIC takes Block Earner case to High Court

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
ASIC intends to appeal the Full Federal Court's decision, now seeking special leave from the High Court in its case against Block Earner. The Federal Court decision found that a product issued by Block Earner, which allowed consumers to earn fixed ...

RBA cut expected, but then what?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to cut interest rates when it meets next week by 25 basis points, bringing the official cash rate down to 3.85%. However, Commonwealth Bank (CBA) head of Australian economics Gareth Aird said he is not ...

Former adviser accused of theft loses lengthy extradition fight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
A former financial adviser now residing in New Zealand lost a bid to stop her from being extradited to Australia to face 136 charges related to the alleged theft of clients' retirement savings. Marion Joan Pearson, formerly based in Perth, is accused ...

Macquarie raked over the coals again by ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
Macquarie Securities, the broking arm of Macquarie Group, has been sued by ASIC for allegedly engaging in repeated and systemic misleading conduct in its short sale reporting to the market operator, supposedly misreporting millions of trades over 14 ...

HESTA members to keep paying fees as disruption continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
HESTA members currently in the midst of an extended limited services period will not see a pause or reduction applied to their administration fees, the fund confirmed. The $89 billion fund is currently transitioning to GROW Inc. (GROW) for its administration ...

Former financial adviser charged in alleged $160k super fraud case

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
Former financial adviser Abdullah Popal has been charged with alleged fraud offences in Sydney's north-west, accused of hoodwinking five individuals out of over $160,000 from their self-managed super funds (SMSFs). A statement from Police NSW said ...

Aware Super appoints UK private equity lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Aware Super has bolstered its London team with the appointment of three executives to manage its infrastructure, private equity and property portfolios in Europe and the US. Importantly, the $190 billion superannuation fund has recruited Frank Bulman ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Vivian Xu has joined Victorian Fund Management Corporation to work on quant strategies across global markets. Xu arrived from Frontier Advisers, where she was promoted to the new quantitative research consultant within the capital markets and asset ...

GROW Inc. names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
The super administrator welcomed its recruit this week, replacing inaugural chief and co-founder Matthew Keeley. John Banfield is now chief executive of GROW Inc., bringing an extensive knowledge of the technology and payments landscape. He was most ...