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Rest Super team defects to Channel Capital

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... most of her career at National Australia Bank, KPMG and Westpac. Channel Capital said operational risk has become a bigger focus for institutional investors and regulators as investment structures grow more complex across more asset classes. Channel ...

HMC Private adds investment director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... momentum," he said. HMC Private Credit head, Craig Schloeffel, said the appointment reflects the business's continued focus on expanding its investor relationships and market reach. "Dan brings deep experience and strong relationships across the ...

Family trusts safe from reform for now: Mulino

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino has said the government is not currently looking at reforming the tax treatment of family trusts. Appearing on Sky News this morning to discuss this week's changes to Division 296, Mulino was asked whether ...

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 ...

Equity Story to raise $3.5m to enter property sector

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... $3.54 million through an entitlement offer to support the expansion of its funds management business, with a particular focus on entering the property sector. The stock market trading advice group will issue approximately 353,695,724 shares for the offer ...

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
... Isouard said better regulation on overallotment stabilisation arrangements, or 'greenshoe' options, should be in focus. "[Greenshoes] are a lot more prevalent in overseas markets like Hong Kong, the US, and the UK. But [in Australia], because ...

FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... significantly. But as a board, when we stood back, we determined that given those structural challenges, that was not enough to focus on that long-term sustainability challenge." Cox said the board considered whether it would be able to lower the cost ...

BlackRock looks to add Bitcoin ETF to local suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... is best they start with a relatively simple product. The first step should be prioritising that adoption with a primary focus to make investors feel comfortable holding that ETF." Investors will generally feel more secure investing via a reputable source ...

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 ...