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Leaders push for overseas skills recognition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... professionals in meeting local regulatory requirements when pursuing employment opportunities across borders. Migration System Review chair and former secretary of Treasury and the department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Martin Parkinson said the ...

Funds SA finalises investment team overhaul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... investments of 13 different super fund, endowment and insurer clients including Super SA, undertook a major operational review late last year with "the final piece of the puzzle" being a realignment of the investment team. When Con Michalakis arrived ...

Mercer Super sued over 'longstanding and systemic' failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
Mercer Super allegedly failed to report seven investigations it undertook into serious member services failures, including one into premiums charged to dead members being refunded incorrectly. Lodged with the Federal Court today, the proceedings allege ...

ASIC to review RG97 to boost property supply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... testing," ASIC chair Joe Longo said. "We want to ensure red tape isn't unnecessarily holding back investments." The review will also consider whether class order relief should be given to ensure consistency across how internally and externally managed ...

Decade-long ban for UGC director upheld

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
The Administrative Review Tribunal has upheld ASIC's decision to ban United Global Capital (UGC) director Joel James Hewish for 10 years, after he lodged a review of the ban handed down in June 2024. The Tribunal conducted two hearings since the application ...

CSC quashes internal bullying, sexism claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... harassment or sexism are improperly handled by the organisation. Torney responded to reporting by the Australian Financial Review that CSC received a complaint letter from a senior legal counsel, which included claims that chief executive Damian Hill ...

Trump signs order to open 401(k)s to private markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... signed an executive order to allow alternative assets, including cryptocurrencies, into 401(k) plans. The order calls for a review of the Department of Labor's guidance on fiduciaries' duties in relation to alternative assets in 401(k) plans governed ...

Geopolitics, private credit force insurers to 'shift gears': Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
Due to a rapidly evolving investment landscape, Janus Henderson Investors said Australian insurers are increasingly reviewing their long-term investment strategies, emphasising dynamic risk management and changing priorities in the face of uncertainty. ...

ASX flags up to $35m in additional operating costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
The ASX has flagged it expects to be hit by additional operating expenses of between $25 million and $35 million because of ASIC's inquiry. In June ASIC announced a fresh inquiry into the ASX, focusing on its overall governance, capability, risk ...

Cbus appoints member director

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
An experienced director joins the Cbus board this month. Stuart Gordon, state secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) South Australian branch, has joined the super fund's board of directors. Gordon has a long association ...