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ASIC slaps MWL adviser with ban over Shield involvement

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... to invest their superannuation into the Shield Master Fund while he was an authorised representative of MWL Financial Services. Spooner, also a member of MWL's investment committee, was authorised by the firm on 24 May 2021. His ban was effective 25 ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders to TruePillars

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... million. The PDSs and target market determinations on the website have also not been updated since 2021. Its Financial Services Guide is dated 2019. TruePillars was founded in 2015 by John Baini and Dennis Hakme. Baini is listed on the website as chief ...

Pinnacle names head of client solutions

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... executives and affiliated fund managers as the group has grown into one of Australia's strongest and most respected financial services organisations." "The client-focused platform Ian Macoun and the team has built is globally unique, and there is no ...

AWAG enters joint venture with Phillip Capital

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... capabilities as an ASX Trading and Clearing Participant, enabling access to established infrastructure in the domestic financial services industry. Under the joint venture, Phillip Securities Australia's non-executive director John Miles has joined the ...

Lonsec recruits sales head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... appointed a head of sales, hiring from Challenger Ltd. Anna Schofield brings over 25 years of experience working in financial services distribution and strategic client engagement roles. Before her nine years at Challenger, most recently as head of accounts ...

Regal Partners revamp sees promotion

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... non-bank lender as Head of Distribution Wealth Management in early 2022 with over 16 years' experience in financial services across Australia and New Zealand. Prior to Merricks Capital, she spent 10 years at Bennelong Funds Management as distribution ...

iExtend hires national BDM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... may unlock financial value or preserve critical cover. He brings extensive experience in life insurance and financial services, having spent almost nine years at Resolution Life as partner relationships manager. Before that, he spent ver six years at ...

Family trusts safe from reform for now: Mulino

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino has said the government is not currently looking at reforming the tax treatment of family trusts. Appearing on Sky News this morning to discuss this week's changes to Division 296, Mulino was asked whether ...

MLC Expand targets time savings with new AI capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... upload CSA was piloted over recent months by several licensees, including Shadforth Financial Group, Bridges Financial Services, and Rhombus Advisory. We worked closely with these practices to test, learn, and refine the functionality. Shadforth Financial ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... there are a lot of moving parts would be an understatement. The consumer Currently, anti-hawking laws allow financial services to be sold, but not financial products. Another loophole was the fact that consumers were contacted after freely providing ...