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ASIC alleges Choosi flogged Hannover life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... insurance policies. Choosi in return reaped $61 million in commissions. All policies were distributed by Greenstone Financial Services, a company associated with Choosi. Choosi allegedly made the misleading representations on its website, social media ...

Minimum wage to rise 3.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... have their wages set by modern awards. Most employees who will benefit from the rise work in the accommodation and food services, community, care, retail, arts, administration, recreation and healthcare sectors. "The continuation of this inflationary ...

Perpetual promotes two to strengthen fixed income team

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... Diversified Income Fund, Perpetual Credit Income Fund and Perpetual ESG Credit Income Fund. Simultaneously, Perpetual Trust Services, the responsible entity (RE) for PCI, has named Greg Stock as deputy portfolio manager. He will also serve in the role ...

Iress completes sale of super business

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... revenue milestones. The terms remain unchanged from the announcement on January 20. Iress will continue to provide certain services for up to 18 months in the transition of ownership, and highlighted there is no change to its FY25 guidance from the divestment. ...

Awareness of options could boost advice access: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... simpler advice needs. It added that 26% of Australians who had previously received advice said they'd stopped as the services were no longer needed, suggesting new advice models and pricing structures could help advisers retain clients. Finally, 80% ...

Ironbark acquires family office firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... Private, a Sydney-based high-net-worth and family office firm. Established in May 2015, Mercury offers a range of financial services from investment advice, asset protection, tax structuring, succession, estate planning and philanthropy to high-net-worth ...

Zurich snatches Suncorp claims specialist

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed a new head of claims excellence for Australia and New Zealand from Suncorp. Currently serving as head of complex natural hazard home claims at Suncorp, Morris Garsin will join in August to drive Zurich's ...

Aware Super recruits Marsh McLennan risk specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... and mitigation of risks and the rectification of issues," Aware Super said. Her career spans two decades in financial services, including eight years as group executive of risk and compliance at Hostplus before joining Marsh McLennan in early 2023. She ...

Former TCorp exec sets up consultancy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... Nigel Wilkin-Smith founded Long Horizon Enterprises to address what he sees as a glaring gap in the market for advisory services that can translate the TPA theory into practical action. He is currently working with a large institutional investor that ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
The country's financial services regulator unveils its 'capacity building' plans as sustainability reporting becomes a mandatory requirement for small to large Australian businesses - but it was its passing update on greenwashing as an enforcement ...