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Unit pricing errors hit two Mercer funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... has also been reporting the wrong unit prices. This specifically affected the cash units between 11 December 2025 to 20 January 2026 and term deposit units for the period 24 November 2025 to 20 January 2026. After undertaking a detailed review of transactions ...

Former Big Un chief pleads guilty to insider trading

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... information in Sydney District Court. Evans, formerly Evertz, gave inside information about Big Un to a shareholder around 10 January 2017, knowing reasonably the shareholder would likely trade Big Un shares and options. Evans could face a maximum penalty ...

T. Rowe Price Australia country head exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... December 2025, while retaining her role as head of consultant relations for Asia Pacific, with her expanded remit effective January 2026. Crowe joined the firm in 2019, having previously worked at Allianz Retire+ as head of consultants and research ...

New deputy chair for FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... general manager. He went on to become the chief executive of the funds management business before taking the top job in January 2022. On his new role, Hamilton commented: "With aging demographics, a mature savings system, emerging asset classes and disruptive ...

AMP names interim chief financial officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... internal and external search to select and appoint a permanent chief financial officer. Upon announcing her retirement in January this year, George said it was not a decision she made lightly. "AMP has undertaken significant transformation to become ...

Inflation remains firm, May rate hike still in play

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.7% annual CPI inflation to February eased slightly from the 3.8% annual CPI inflation to January," ABS head of prices statistics Sue-Ellen Luke said. Annual trimmed mean inflation was 3.3% in February, just below the ...

Adviser reprimanded over clients' loss of cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... on their relevant circumstances which resulted in several errors in the Statement of Advice. The other, handed down in January, was a written direction issued to an adviser who recommended a client establish an SMSF to invest in certain unregistered ...

Soul Patts profit up, returns 9.7%

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... (Soul Patts), the ASX-listed investment house, has seen its profit increase by more than 600% in the six months to 31 January 2026. Group statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) increased 604.3% to $2.3 billion in the period, driven by one-off items including ...

Prime Super closes two options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... given prevailing market conditions, and therefore made changes to strategic asset allocations (SAA). Subsequently, as of 1 January 2026, the SAA for MySuper Accumulation members, for example, saw Growth assets allocation move from 69.3% to 71.6%, and ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... in November 2023 and in December her super savings transferred over to First Guardian. Kee opted for no insurance. In January, when she contacted Reilly Financial to enquire about the cost of insurance no one was able to assist her as they seemed busy. ...