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State Street appoints head of Asia Pacific

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... State Street Investment Management (SSIM) head of investments for Australia Jonathan Shead also retired from the role in August after spending 26 years with the group, working in various State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) roles since 2000. SSIM recently ...

Shorter CSLR payout timeframe awaits major bill passage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... improve the timeliness of levy collection and compensation payments, as well as improve certainty for industry. Treasury on August 19 announced its intention to align the disallowance arrangements applying to CSLR levy instruments with those that apply ...

Crole banned for 10 years after abrupt exit from Sequoia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... years, following the events that unfolded under his leadership. Crole was a director of InterPrac Financial Planning from 20 August 2004 to 1 December 2025. From1 February 2004 to 17 July 2026, he was a responsible manager of InterPrac and a director ...

MSC Group awarded mandates for natural resources strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2026
... officially made available to eligible wholesale investors last month after completing initial investor applications on August 1. Its current portfolio "has been strong" and has delivered unaudited returns of 85%, including cash on hand as of the end ...

AIA Australia rolls out TPD CORE

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
... provide greater transparency, consistency and confidence at claim time. TPD CORE officially launched for retail customers on August 31. It is designed to work alongside income protection cover, as well as wellbeing and recovery support through AIA Embrace. ...

Insurer sanctioned for over 10k breaches

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
... benefits, accurately describe some customers' premium arrangements and issue notices before policy anniversary dates between August 2024 and January 2026. These failures led to inaccuracies in cover and premium details as well as delays in issuing notices ...

Equity Trustees super exit sparks Hejaz Islamic Super and Pension closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... governance and operational framework of the Hejaz Division, in line with our responsibilities. The review commenced in August last year and the decision to close those funds to new members has no connection to Equity Trustees' proposed exit from ...

Sequoia gives InterPrac sale a second shot

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
... disclosure obligations," it said. This comes after Sequoia's deal to sell InterPrac to Conquest was left in the air. In early August, ASIC withdrew legal proceedings against Sequoia after it entered an undertaking not to put the Cross Deed of Guarantee ...

Macquarie board rejects KPMG as auditor

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
... with incumbent auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). This comes after Macquarie chair Glenn Stevens was grilled at the August 14 parliamentary hearing over the bank's reliance on Allens, KPMG's own lawyers, to review the embattled auditor's ...

Australian Unity names chief of staff, marketing lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2026
... Balaji Gopal, who officially began leading the wealth and capital markets unit as chief executive and group executive on August 24. Gopal was the head of strategic growth, customer experience, digital and partnerships at Vanguard Investments Australia. ...