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ASIC issues interim stop orders to TruePillars

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
ASIC has told private credit manager TruePillars to halt distribution of its product disclosure statements (PDSs) for two offerings. The interim orders prevent the fund from offering, issuing, selling or transferring interests in the Pooled Unit and ...

Public feedback welcomed for Life Code improvements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
The independent review of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code) has released a consultation paper, setting out key questions to stakeholders and the public on how the Life Code can improve consumer benefits and insurers' conduct. The review ...

Bravura appoints new chair, deputy chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
Bravura Solutions appointed a new chair and deputy chair at the end of its annual general meeting this week. Russell Baskerville has taken over as chair while Damien Leonard was named deputy chair. Based in Perth, Baskerville is the founder and managing ...

Former Statewide Super executives acquitted

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Two former Statewide Super executives who were terminated by the fund and then charged with dishonesty offences have been acquitted. In January 2020, Statewide Super terminated its chief risk officer Kieran Netting and chief financial and operating ...

Rest Super team defects to Channel Capital

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... two years at the fund as manager of ODD investments, after joining from AustralianSuper. He previously worked at Citi and State Street. McDermid spent two years at Rest, with most of her career at National Australia Bank, KPMG and Westpac. Channel Capital ...

Vanguard partners to launch core-satellite portfolios for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Financial advisers will be able to access the combination of Vanguard's expertise in global index portfolio construction and Lonsec Investment Solutions investment management experience through a new core-satellite model portfolio offering. The Vanguard ...

MLC Expand targets time savings with new AI capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
MLC's super and retirement platform, MLC Expand, is rolling out a slew of artificial intelligence (AI) automation tools that it says could save advice practices hundreds of hours per month. Over the coming months, MLC Expand is launching automation ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
The retirement savings of thousands of Australians have been lost in the First Guardian and Shield failures and, while investigations are ongoing, the blame for their collapse and the misconduct that led to it is being passed around like a football ...

New 100% tariffs on China: Another TACO moment?

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... Australian pharmaceutical products exported to the US. Broadly, the effective tariff rate, McCormick said, has reached a "steady state" that's risen from 2%-3% to 17%-18%. He predicts these rates will likely increase. "It's absolutely true that ...

Integro appoints head of advice and growth

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... of experience leading advice teams and driving growth, including senior roles as head of Shadforth Financial Group WA and state manager at Perpetual Private. He is recognised for building high-performing teams, nurturing referral networks and supporting ...