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HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
As HESTA and Vision Super move to divest members' money from Israeli bonds and shares, other superannuation funds' ethical options continue to overlook human rights abuses. HESTA confirmed the move, saying that as part of its investment strategy ...

ASIC cracks down on adviser CPD failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
Five financial advisers have been brought before the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) for failing to comply with their continuing professional development (CPD) requirements, ASIC said. The financial regulator convened multiple sitting panels ...

Norway wealth fund told to pause ethical divestments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
The world's largest sovereign wealth fund is halting ethical divestments until its guidelines, unchanged since 2004, are reviewed. Norway's parliament earlier this week voted to pause ethical divestments by Norges Bank Investment Management while it ...

Australian Ethical appoints chief operating officer

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Australian Ethical will welcome Anthony Lane as chief operating officer on November 10. Reporting to Australian Ethical chief executive John McMurdo, Lane will become a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for overseeing day-to-day ...

Australian Ethical aligns Christian Super members' cover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
Former members of Christian Super will see several changes to their insurance fees and cover come December 1, Australian Ethical announced. From 1 December 2025 automatic default death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover will move to a new ...

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" ...

ASIC sues Fiducian for ESG failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
ASIC has launched proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW against Fiducian Investment Management, alleging it breached its duties as a responsible entity and engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct about its environmental, social and governance ...

GROW recruits HESTA exec to lead product push

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
Superannuation administrator GROW Inc has secured two heavyweight hires to spearhead its people and product functions. Trevin Erichsen has been named chief product officer, with HR specialist Marcus Waterreus taking on the role of chief people officer. ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
About three years ago, robo-advisers, one by one, began dropping like flies. The likes of Six Park, Upstreet and Advice Intelligence either folded or were acquired. Even Ellerston Capital's ethically based robo-adviser, which launched in early 2023 ...

Geopolitics, AI tests prudential regulation: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
In addition to "worsening" cybersecurity risks, geopolitical volatility and artificial intelligence (AI) are creating "unacceptable prudential risks" for APRA. APRA member Therese McCarthy Hockey said geopolitical risk has become a "risk accelerant" ...