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Sequoia Financial chair resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... during his tenure. Ryan has been chair of Sequoia for less than two years. The board said it would provide further information about succession in due course. This comes after Sequoia advised the payment date for the previously declared interim dividend ...

Westpac fined $26m for financial hardship neglect

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... particularly serious aspect of Westpac's contraventions is that they caused a number of customers to have adverse credit information recorded on their credit files, and debts to be sold to third-party debt purchasers who then engaged actively in conduct ...

MPC Markets partners with HeirWealth

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... calendar functionality and estate planning style features including the ability to record expressions of wishes and share information with family members or advisors. HeirWealth founder Ray Tubman said MPC Markets played a key role in shaping the products ...

Unit trusts FUM 'plateaued': Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
Rainmaker Information's latest data highlights that despite a 13% annual growth in funds under management (FUM) across all managed funds, unit trusts only made gains through positive market returns over the 12 months to March end. In the Managed Funds ...

Super fund-backed AFSL adviser numbers drop: Rainmaker

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... number of advisers under super funds owned AFSL's has declined progressively in the last five years. Rainmaker Information reviewed a number of funds including Australian Retirement Trust, Aware Super and HESTA and found combined adviser numbers ...

Financial services failing to provide consistent outcomes: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... consumers. These included inconsistent application of hardship and vulnerability processes, misstatements and missing information on template communications, and the continued collection or enforcement activity when it "should have stopped". "In some ...

Macquarie shareholders question its climate change commitment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... influencing suppliers and investors to reduce upstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. WBC said if firms disclosed further information on investments and "consistent emissions time series that demonstrate significant emissions reductions", it would move ...

Behavioural constraint is costing retirees greatly: Allianz Retire+

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... act," Allianz Retire+ chief executive David Kane said. "The constraint is behavioural, and no amount of additional information or projections are likely to help. Instead, advisers need a fresh approach which reframes levels of commitment and stresses ...

UniSuper pilots' digital estate planning partnership with Safewill

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... said the platform uses encryption and privacy practices compliant with the Australian Privacy Act to protect member information, while completed Wills are reviewed by affiliated legal professionals before execution. The platform also allows users to ...

ASIC launches action against Equity Trustees for $65m First Guardian failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... Superannuation Fund for which Equity Trustees was the trustee. ASIC alleges Equity Trustees did not obtain critical information before onboarding First Guardian such as its constitution, audited financial accounts or an audit of its compliance plan. ...