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Former BBY chair charged with aiding dishonest conduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
The former executive chair of defunct stockbroker BBY Limited is now facing charges in relation to BBY's misappropriation of client funds. Glenn Rosewall was charged with two offences related to aiding, abetting, counselling or producing BBY's dishonest ...

Most Hostplus options achieve double-digit returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
Hostplus returned close to 11% to its MySuper members in FY25, while its popular Indexed Balanced option delivered just over 12%. The Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option returned 10.81% to members, while the Indexed Balance option turned in 12.02%. Hostplus ...

Stop delaying Payday Super laws, says SMC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
With Australia's unpaid super bill growing by $110 million each week, a survey from Super Members Council (SMC) shows 70% of Aussies want to see the payday super laws implemented as scheduled. Payday super laws are slated to come into effect on 1 July ...

Padua Solutions buys up data provider

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
... benefits by leveraging Wealth Data's existing relationships across platforms and institutions. Wealth Data founder Colin Williams said he is pleased to join Padua Solutions. "Joining Padua presents an exciting opportunity to further enhance how our data ...

Insurer names interim chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Adrian Stewart is set to leave Allianz Australia Life Insurance and Allianz Retire+, with an acting chief executive appointed. David Kane, currently chief operating officer, is stepping into the lead role in an interim capacity. Allianz said Stewart ...

AustralianSuper readies tech stack for Payday Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
Following a successful pilot program with Rest, Wrkr and MUFG Retirement Solutions will now work on a Payday Super solution for AustralianSuper. Wrkr and MUFG Retirement Solutions will work together to deliver a digital platform that will integrate ...

L1 Capital, Platinum seal merger deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
The two parties have entered a merger implementation deed, with the Platinum name to be retired from the entity and the newly created 'MergeCo' to be listed under a new ticker code. As previously disclosed, under the deal Platinum will acquire ...

Barings expands into local self-storage sector

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... multi-sector real estate over the past 18 months, Barings said. Barings senior director private equity real estate Tamara Williams said self-storage has proven to be a resilient asset class with "significant" tailwinds in the future. "What attracted ...

Fees for no service see former adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
A former financial adviser is now banned for 10 years after she was found to have knowingly charged fees for no service. Kiriley Roper was a director, shareholder and adviser at Lighthouse Partners in Redcliffe, Queensland. ASIC alleges that between ...

CareSuper to undertake cloud transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
The $57 billion super fund is making the move from VMware Cloud on AWS to Microsoft Azure as it looks to create a more modern, cost-efficient environment. CareSuper has mandated Macquarie Cloud Services to migrate and recalibrate its cloud environment ...