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Tech concentration in super a major concern: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
APRA member Suzanne Smith has expressed the prudential regulator's concerns around entities relying on a concentrated set of technology providers. Smith said dependency on the cloud and movement of workloads to the cloud environment has exponentially ...

NAB announces Private Wealth, nabtrade hires

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
Well-known Commonwealth Bank (CBA) market commentator Tom Piotrowski has jumped ship to join NAB Private Wealth and nabtrade. In his new role as nabtrade head of market insights, Piotrowski will spearhead NAB Private Wealth and nabtrade's financial ...

GROW recruits HESTA exec to lead product push

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
Superannuation administrator GROW Inc has secured two heavyweight hires to spearhead its people and product functions. Trevin Erichsen has been named chief product officer, with HR specialist Marcus Waterreus taking on the role of chief people officer. ...

IFM Investors exits Australian PE strategy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
IFM Investors has dumped its Australian private equity strategy to prioritise global investments. The decision comes after the fund manager has struggled to scale the local strategy. "This decision, whilst difficult was carefully considered and we believe ...

InterPrac hit with $22m in AFCA complaints

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
Sequoia Financial Group's InterPrac Financial Planning is facing $22 million worth of complaints lodged with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) for its advisers' role in the collapse of the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian ...

Challenger adds to board director lineup

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
Challenger has appointed two independent non-executive directors, while JoAnne Stephenson will retire on June 30. John Somerville and David Whittle have been added to the board of Challenger and Challenger Life Company, collectively bringing over 55 ...

Perpetual to build digital wholesale term deposit marketplace

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
Perpetual Corporate Trust will begin operating a digital marketplace offering debt instruments, kicking off with wholesale term deposits. The Corporate Trust business has been granted a market license in Australia enabling it develop a fully electronic ...

Aware Super completes phase one of 'Project Odin'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
Aware Super has completed phase one of enhancing its investment data capabilities - dubbed 'Project Odin' - by implementing a new investment enterprise data management platform. GoldenSource worked with Aware Super to create the fund's new ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... exposure and shoring up defensive assets within its model portfolios. The fund manager's annual strategic asset allocation (SAA) slashed its exposure to Australian equities and emerging market (EM) equities between 4.5% and 5%, and upped allocations ...

Falcon Capital, First Guardian Master Fund set for liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
ASIC is attempting to liquidate responsible entity Falcon Capital, wind up the First Guardian Master Fund, as well as impose a receiver and manager to director David Anderson's personal property. The regulator has put into motion the applications ...