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Australian Ethical Super handed extra licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025

... are made for the benefit of members. APRA will not hesitate to utilise the full force of its powers to hold trustees accountable to meet this obligation." In response to the APRA action, Australian Ethical Super chair Fiona Reynolds said: "... our board ...

Government cracks down on financial abuse via coerced directorships

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025

... victim-survivors' access to defense in case of insolvency, extend timeframes to respond to penalties, and hold perpetrators accountable for harm. The consultation is open to submissions until December 24.

Conaghan holds ASIC accountable for Shield, First Guardian mess

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025

The shadow minister for financial services Pat Conaghan has thrust ASIC front and centre of the First Guardian and Shield Master Fund collapses, saying it should take accountability for its delayed action and it is high time for its reformation. Conaghan ...

Global resilience is a key systemic risk: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025

... funds, but ultimately we are the ones who set the purpose, the vision, the objectives, and actually hold [others] accountable." Blakey said Australian superannuation funds can be a "beacon" in making responsible investments that can hold the path amid ...

ASIC not acting as a 'market maker': Constant

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025

... need data. We need to do something," Constant said. "To set everyone's mind at ease... we're going to be transparent, accountable, consistent. We have said, here's a plan. We're going to approach this with some rigour. "We're listening to industry. We've ...

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI | FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025

... trustees and advisers are all responsible, but when you say everyone is responsible, ultimately, no one is really accountable. "But as always, the risk is that platforms, as a direct result of what's happened, potentially start to overreach and push ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025

... whether the advice firms that relied on those ratings, and put the products on their product lists, should be held accountable for trusting that rating? "What is the contractual relationship between those parties and SQM? I don't know if there's ...

Super moves: CareSuper, Hostplus, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025

... NGS Super, he worked at AustralianSuper for almost six years leading a team of adviser partnership managers who were accountable for growing the network of external advisers using the superannuation giant for their clients. Earlier in his career, McNamara ...

Super Moves: ANZ Staff, Aware, Equip, ART, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025

... analyst at BlackRock and a superannuation administrator at Mercer. In her new role at the insurance giant, Dias will be accountable for the insurer's externally managed multi-manager investment portfolio covering public and private asset classes. ...

Hostplus slams Lendlease over $2bn fund

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025

... quorum was not present. This raises serious governance concerns about how investor decisions can be made in a timely, accountable, and sensible way," the super fund said. "It is not merely an administrative issue, particularly when Lendlease was telling ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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