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Australian Unity chief retires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... real wellbeing in the wider community," the company said in an ASX announcement. Mead said Mutuals have an important role to play in the Australian economy and society, and that supporting Australian Unity's evolution into a contemporary organisation ...

TWC Invest makes risk, technology hires

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... firm's commitment to disciplined, risk-aware capital allocation. Likewise, James' expertise in leveraging technology will play a critical role in strengthening TWC's proprietary platform, enhancing data-driven investment decision-making and ...

Government releases draft payday super law

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The government has released draft legislation to mandate payday super, a policy that was first flagged in the 2023-24 Federal Budget. The draft legislation stipulates that from 1 July 2026, employers must pay their employees' superannuation at the ...

WTW names head of real assets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
Grace Szeto has been appointed head of real assets within WTW's manager research team. Szeto has covered real assets since she joined the consultant four years ago. Her promotion follows the departure of Nick Kelly, who recently joined Wilson Asset ...

Iress hires wealth tech experts

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... with impressive track records in delivering innovative and scalable technology solutions," she said. "Callum and Martin will play a key role in aligning and evolving Iress' product and technology capabilities as we continue to focus on driving growth ...

UK regulators abandon DEI reporting push

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... they said. FCA chief executive Nikhil Rathi said that while respondents to the consultation agreed regulators have a role to play in increasing diversity and inclusion, they wanted to avoid duplication with already planned reform agendas, including in ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... has an opportunity to be able to move away from that and create something for herself." The government has a key role to play in strengthening the framework needed for businesses and families to thrive and work together to make gender parity an economic ...

Beware creep of cancel culture into super fund governance: Lawyer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... appointing organisation necessarily taints every individual it puts forward, suggesting this is something already starting to play out. "The changes aren't an improvement if this opens the door to cancel culture creeping into prudential regulation. ...

Westpac's Yetton chooses to move on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
Westpac chief executive of consumer banking Jason Yetton has left the bank, prompting a search for his successor. Yetton led the consumer division since August 2023 after three years leading the bank's specialist business and group strategy. This ...

Tokenisation can save US$135m in back-office costs: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
Tokenisation can save the asset management industry US$135 billion in back office and administrative costs that drain the bottom line, a new study from Calastone found. The survey of 26 asset managers from Asia, the UK, US and Europe expressed their ...