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Payday super delays will cost workers: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... 2026, but urged the government to pass the necessary legislation. ASFA said while some organisations in the financial services sector have called for further delays, the superannuation industry is warning that the cost of inaction is too high. ASFA said ...

Linda Elkins joins AMP board, Slattery exits

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
Linda Elkins will be joining the AMP board, drawing on her more than 25-plus years in financial services, including top roles at KPMG, Colonial First State and Russell Investment. Starting 1 September, Elkins joins AMP Limited as a non-executive director ...

Metrics hires for newly created role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... investment, and previously worked as principal, responsible investment and as a senior consultant. She has worked in financial services in both London and Sydney, and began her career as a credit analyst at BNP Paribas. In a statement to Financial Standard ...

FCA fines Neil Woodford, WIM $94m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... million ($472.3m) redress scheme for those investors stuck in the fund when it was suspended. "Being a leader in financial services comes with responsibilities as well as profile. Mr Woodford simply doesn't accept he had any role in managing the ...

New chief executive takes IFPA helm

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... only a strong grasp of organisational priorities but also a personal passion for advancing the accounting and financial services professionals servicing the small-to-medium enterprise sector," IFPA said. "Her appointment is a natural progression of a ...

Guilty plea entered in Ponzi scheme case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
A man who carried on a financial services business without and AFSL and duped investors out of nearly $2 million has pleaded guilty to dishonest conduct and dealing with proceeds of crime. Ashley Arandez pleaded guilty to dishonest conduct, unlicensed ...

Treasury launches consultation on CSLR breaching sub-sector levy caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... the terms of reference of the post-implementation review," he said. The consultation runs until August 29. Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Blake Briggs said in considering whether and how to determine a special levy, the minister "should ...

Return to office mandates to harm firms, careers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... employment market as an opportunity to impose stricter return to office mandates; the unemployment rate in financial services is much higher than the national average, particularly for top earners, the review shows. And now the impacts of what happens ...

ASIC calls out trustees 'passing the buck' on super switching

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund mounts to $1 billion in losses. In his address at the Financial Services Council's (FSC) Shaping advice in a time of change event yesterday, ASIC chair Joe Longo reiterated that the regulators ...

CALI launches review of Life Code

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... in industry codes and self-regulation, together with his clear commitment to improved consumer outcomes in financial services will be invaluable in strengthening the Life Code for the benefit of customers and the life insurance industry alike," Cupitt ...