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Totality Wealth chief executive exits, replacement named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... Korfits has been with the Saxo Bank Group for nearly eight years, starting out as an associate director and senior legal counsel based in Copenhagen. He then became Asia Pacific head of legal based in Singapore and then Sydney, with responsibility across ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
In 2019, then APRA chair Wayne Byres had a blunt message for superannuation funds: "Are you going to get better, or are you going to get out?" The question marked the decisive shift in the regulator's tone, making its agenda explicit: super funds ...

Two financial services directors fined $15k over reporting failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
Directors of Sheffield Insurance Pty Ltd (trading by the name of Sheffield Insurance Services), Phillip Bird and Daniel Holmes, have been convicted of two offences and fined $15,000 over failure to lodge financial statements and auditors' reports with ...

ASX names chief compliance officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
ASX has appointed a former APRA general counsel to the role of chief compliance officer, reporting to chief executive Helen Lofthouse. Lucinda McCann is succeeding Daniel Moran, who announced his resignation in July after 15 years at the exchange. McCann ...

AustralianSuper expands executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... departure of Matt Harrington in April. A permanent replacement is expected to be named shortly. The fund's general counsel will also change reporting line, now reporting into chief risk officer Andrew Mantello. It added that a series of other appointments ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
For much of the past year or so, there has been a great deal of focus on the superannuation industry and its processing of insurance claims, largely owing to immense delays at some of the largest institutions. Stories have emerged of the likes of AustralianSuper ...

Acenda confirms leadership team

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... 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 their roles as Asteron Life chief executive ...

ASIC chair calls it quits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... chair at the time, Karen Chester. He was appointed to lead ASIC on 1 June 2021. His experience includes working as general counsel for Deutsche Bank in London and Hong Kong for 17 years, and a senior adviser at Herbert Smith Freehills. Longo served as ...

Aura Group explores ASX listing, appoints advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... and has appointed Morgans Corporate and E&P Capital to advise on it. Steinepreis Paganin and BTP Law will provide legal counsel, and Crowe will advise on audit and tax as Aura undertakes a pre-IPO capital raise to add to existing balance sheet capacity. ...

ASIC appoints new chair, deputy chair and members to MDP

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... chair. Additionally, three new members have been appointed to the panel, including Barrenjoey Capital Partners general counsel Annette Spencer, former Deutsche Bank head of listed derivatives and clearing for APAC Sebastien Bonvalet-Nicolle and Regal ...