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Hostplus snares LGT Wealth deputy CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
The deputy chief investment officer of LGT Wealth Management has joined the investments team at Hostplus, the $140 billion superannuation fund. Kevin Wan Lum has taken up the post of executive manager of investment research - a critical role given that ...

MLC platform adds retirement specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... income during retirement through the concessional treatment of lifetime income streams. "We knew the solution would be of interest to advisers, but the response to date - only a few months in - has been really exciting and has meant we've had to ...

Magellan global equities lead exits amid investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... Magellan, dated November 17, Morningstar said the group is exposed to several ESG risks, "such as data breaches, conflicts of interest or misconduct that could result in loss of customer trust, regulatory actions or litigations". "We don't believe ...

Sequoia boasts of 'good governance' despite ASIC action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
Sequoia Financial Group's chair has told shareholders that "good governance remains central" to how it operates and confirmed it is in talks with Netwealth and Macquarie over their decision to bar InterPrac advisers. Addressing its annual general ...

Resilience more important than growth: Arndt

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... have tested the very assumptions that underpin investment theory: the free flow of trade and capital, low and stable interest rates, 60-40 portfolios," Arndt said. "For decades, investors have been conditioned to chase alpha - outperformance against ...

HUB24 takes stake in Finura Digital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... reduces typical SOA creation time to under two hours, with 43% completed in under 60 minutes. "We're seeing growing interest from larger national advice firms who recognise the productivity gains Advice Designer delivers," Worn said. "This investment ...

RBA says it can 'afford to be patient' on rate decisions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... of the preceding few years," it said. However, should the labour market weaken materially, it would be inclined to cut interest rates. "Members observed that many indicators of the labour market had softened over the prior year. They noted the risk that ...

Super moves: Future Fund, Bupa, QIC, HESTA, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... APAC portfolios and working with external managers. He joins from Medibank, where he was portfolio manager for fixed interest and cash. Previous roles include head of credit funds at Mutual Ltd, similar roles at Alexander Funds Management, equity research ...

ASIC acts against MWL, its director and lead generator

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... superannuation into Shield. Furthermore, that MWL failed to take reasonable steps to ensure it acted in clients' best interest and provided appropriate advice. ASIC alleges that Imperial made misleading representations regarding the standard, quality ...

APRA to continue crackdown on super fund expenditure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... obligation," she said. "One area that APRA has been concerned that some funds might not be meeting their best financial interest duty is in relation to expenditure decisions." Beverley-Smith referred to APRA's scrutiny in fund expenditure that was launched ...