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HUB24 takes stake in Finura Digital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
HUB24 has taken an equity stake in Finura Digital, the parent company to Advice Designer, a SaaS platform that helps financial advisers automate their advice production processes. In addition, HUB24 will introduce myhub, an "ecosystem concept" being ...

SMC makes recommendations to safeguard super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) has called for stronger protections to prevent consumer harm from high-risk super switching. The call comes as the corporate regulator continues to launch legal action against those involved in the collapses of Shield and ...

ASX names chief compliance officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
ASX has appointed a former APRA general counsel to the role of chief compliance officer, reporting to chief executive Helen Lofthouse. Lucinda McCann is succeeding Daniel Moran, who announced his resignation in July after 15 years at the exchange. McCann ...

NRFC invests in brain-computer interface devices

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) has taken a $54 million stake in Australian medical device company Synchron, to support the production of minimally invasive Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) devices. Synchron's Strentrode BCI device ...

Housing Australia Future Fund under audit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... Industry Association (HIA) welcomed the announcement of the audit but cautioned that the review should not delay or derail the task of increasing Australia's housing supply, HIA managing director Jocelyn Martin said. "The audit by the ANAO is a necessary ...

'We have entered a new economic era': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... But geopolitical tensions are not the only issues facing the global economy. Yeaman said there is a "massive" investment task ahead as the world works towards the transition to net zero, with the world yet to figure out how to deliver new energy systems ...

NAB announces Private Wealth, nabtrade hires

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
Well-known Commonwealth Bank (CBA) market commentator Tom Piotrowski has jumped ship to join NAB Private Wealth and nabtrade. In his new role as nabtrade head of market insights, Piotrowski will spearhead NAB Private Wealth and nabtrade's financial ...

ASIC slams licensees' lax offshoring governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
Most financial advice licensees that rely on offshore service providers (OSPs) fail to adequately assess, monitor and audit their arrangements thus putting their processes and business at risk, a new ASIC investigation reveals. ASIC's review of 10 financial ...

Tim Unger to depart ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
Australian Retirement Trust is losing one of the country's most prominent sustainability specialists, with veteran ESG expert Tim Unger set to depart at the end of the month. Unger, senior portfolio manager of sustainable investments, is tasked ...

ASIC raises alarm on auditor independence, conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
Too many auditors are failing the independence test and breaching conflicts of interest obligations, according to an ASIC investigation. A review of 15 audit firms saw nine did not meet rotation requirements while five of them had "relevant relationships" ...