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APRA flags growing trustee complacency on retirement strategies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... over the next 20 years. "While some funds are doing a good job at this, we believe there are still many members who could benefit from greater access to easy-to-understand information about the products, services and choices available to them," Cole ...

Former Statewide Super executives acquitted

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... Eastwood and Netting were charged with six counts and one count respectively of using their positions dishonestly for the benefit of another, contrary to s184(2)(a) and (b) of the Corporations Act. This month, both Netting and Eastwood were acquitted ...

iExtend hires national BDM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
iExtend has expanded its distribution team by appointing a national business development specialist, hiring from Resolution Life. In the newly created role, David Sutjipto will work closely with financial advisers to enhance the client experience and ...

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 ...

Carbon tax a 'missed opportunity': Debelle

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... goals]." Debelle said one of the main impediments for encouraging large-scale investment into opportunities that would benefit the environment is different time horizons. "The investment horizon is shorter than the climate horizon... unfortunately, people ...

MLC Expand targets time savings with new AI capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... Dillon said. "By automating manual processes, we're freeing up valuable time for our teams and helping more Australians benefit from the power of quality financial advice." Speaking at the Citi Investment Conference 2025 this week, AMP group executive ...

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 ...

Can IPOs ever recover? Experts aren't sure

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... such as having to disclose stabilisation fees... [compile] mandatory reporting every day, you're just not getting the benefit of those stabilisation businesses, so people steered away from it," Isouard said. "Other things, such as the lack of sell-side ...

FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... lower the cost per member on its own accord but determined a strategic partnership would offer more scale and be of more benefit to members. This led the board to enter the strategic partnership with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment ...

Superannuation system quality stagnates: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
The quality of Australia's retirement system continues to stagnate at the B+ level based on the annual Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index (MCGPI) over the last four years. The retirement system has not improved since 2021 when it moved from a ...