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Court approves Caddick SMSF class action settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
The Federal Court has approved the settlement amount of $3.54 million for Melissa Caddick victims who brought a class action against auditors that failed to detect fraudulent activities in their SMSFs. Michael Chapman, a director at Mackay Chapman ...

Brandes appoints new sales director for APAC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... asset management firm in 2007 as a product manager, later leading the product team, and held roles including national account manager, and finally senior-vice president of business development and marketing, before leaving in 2018. Brandes Investment ...

RainmakerLive rebrands to Rainmaker MarketPro

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
Rainmaker Information has rebranded the RainmakerLive terminal to Rainmaker MarketPro and introduced several key product updates. "Rainmaker MarketPro is the only local source of data and insights for wealth managers that is backed by global technology ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
Breaches of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (the Code) increased for a fourth consecutive year, with life insurers reporting 14,670 instances of non-compliance, a 19% increase from the previous period. The Code, the industry's north star for good ...

Qantas Super, ART merger official

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
Qantas Super and Australian Retirement Trust (ART) officially merged on March 29. About 25,000 members with $9 billion in funds under management (FUM) have moved from Qantas Super to ART. Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy said: "It has been ...

AMP introduces geared retirement options

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... introduce Australia's "first targeted geared retirement series." Unveiled today, the Betashares Moderately Geared Managed Account Portfolios, now added to North, are designed to increase exposure to defensive assets and income, offering a cost-effective ...

Pearler Super launches, new FHSSS product imminent

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... targeting young members. It is not available to those born before 1 January 1970 and therefore does not offer a pension account. Members can select from more than 40 ETFs to invest their savings, offered by the biggest providers such as BlackRock, Vanguard ...

APRA levy to cost $243m in FY26

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... regulator, APRA also uses enforcement to prevent and address serious prudential risk and to hold entities and individuals to account for breaches of their prudential or legislative obligations." The FY26 total amount is $3.1 million less than the FY25 ...

Morningstar adds to multi-asset team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... analyst, leaving to join BT four years later as a portfolio manager. At BT, he focused squarely on separately managed account portfolios. He also did a stint at JANA Investment Advisors. "We are delighted to welcome Joel back to the team. He will be ...

ASIC recommends standards for virtual AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... if they felt it would be denying them their ability to fully exercise their rights and hold the board and management to account. "My observation on that would be that best practice does breed confidence and breed trust." O'Rourke added that the main ...