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Crown Wealth director banned for two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
ASIC has banned another former Crown Wealth Group staffer from working in the financial services industry for showing incompetence in addressing fees-for-no-service (FFNS) misconduct. Brendan Rodwell, who was the director of Crown Wealth Group, was ...

Unclaimed super pot hits $19bn: ATO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... consider if appropriate to consolidate your super to reduce fees and make it easier to manage." Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino said the government is urging Australians to check if they have any lost or unclaimed super. "It's part of our ...

Rest launches new retirement tools to increase advice appetite

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... especially for its advice business. The Rest Retire Ready is designed to connect pre-retiree members to the fund's tools, services and educational content. It begins with a digital questionnaire to curate relevant retirement preparation support for ...

Tech concentration in super a major concern: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... service (IaaS). That means if one of these technology providers fails, even temporarily, they can potentially take down services at every company relying on their services," Smith said. Smith said APRA requested regulated entities submit a list of their ...

Morningstar DBRS expands into regional Australia

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... regional location. Both are currently managing directors with Morningstar, with specialised leadership within the financial services and risk sectors. Prior to these positions, Stephenson accumulated 30 years of experience within financial markets and ...

James Mawhinney launches another appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... an unacceptable risk" that he will re-enter the fray and conduct, most likely through corporate vehicles, a financial services business that "adopts a financially reckless approach that exposes the investing public to significant risk of loss". Mawhinney ...

Actuaries Institute makes proposal to close advice gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) package represents advice reforms that are potentially as significant as the Financial Services Reform (FSR) Act and the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms," the paper said. "These reforms are critical for increasing ...

Government taps IFM, Plenary for Southeast Asia boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... Under the strategy, IFM will target investments in companies across key sectors, including industrials, manufacturing, services, energy and real assets that the firm believes have strong growth potential and contribute to the region's future growth. ...

Court blocks Merhi from financial services

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Venture Egg financial adviser Ferras Merhi has been banned from working in financial services after ASIC successfully obtained interim restraining orders from the Federal Court. Yesterday, Justice Moshinsky restrained Merhi "through his servants, agents ...

M&A makes rebound, creating higher-value deals: Deloitte

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... international uncertainty is affecting their ability to execute deals, a sharp increase from 37% in 2024. In the financial services sector, which accounted for 14% of the total respondents, better deal conditions stem from major banks nearing the end ...