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FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... benefits asks an even more disturbing question: do they know the processes at all? ASIC commissioner Simone Constant told Financial Standard the regulator will continue to apply pressure on the sector to ensure that all funds - no matter how big or small ...

Regal Partners makes two senior hires

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... streams. She joined the Melbourne-based investment house in early 2022, bringing more than 14 years of experience in financial services across Australia and New Zealand. Prior to Merrick, Seric spent a decade at Bennelong Funds Management, where as distribution ...

Super moves: AusSuper, Aware, MLC, JANA, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... said. Elsewhere, QIC Real Estate has appointed Chris Forbes as director of asset management. Forbes joins from La Trobe Financial, having previously spent five years at Challenger Ltd, where he was head of real estate. And in other moves, Victorian Funds ...

Local PGIM manager exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... September 2019. She is currently on garden leave. In essence, the US$1.4 trillion asset management business of Prudential Financial has eliminated the institutional relationships team and folded it into the sales structure. With extensive experience ...

ASIC bans adviser attached to UGC, MWL

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
ASIC has banned Melbourne-based financial adviser Jovan Videkanic from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business or performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business ...

Complaints still too high: AFCA annual review

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority's (AFCA) annual review shows that in FY25, and for the second consecutive year, more than 100,000 complaints were lodged. In investments and advice, large scale collapses in the financial advice industry ...

MA Financial sees record gross inflows

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
MA Financial has reported record inflows of $2.2 billion in the nine months to September, up 41% on the prior corresponding period. Assets under management (AUM) jumped 34% to $13.3 billion in Q3. Inflows continue to grow on strong investor interest ...

Insignia Financial posts strong quarter

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
Insignia Financial delivered a strong first quarter for FY26, with funds under management and administration now exceeding $340 billion. Over the period, the business saw total net inflows of $1.0 billion, driven by $1.3 billion of net inflows into ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... terrified of consuming capital in retirement." A secret weapon These are sentiments echoed by John Manserra, a senior financial adviser and director at Geelong-based Apex Advice. Manserra's client base are unlikely to be described as 'high-net-worth ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... horrifying finding? A trustee that took over 500 days to pay a claim to a grieving widow and failed to respond to her financial hardship concerns. In November 2024, ASIC launched proceedings against Cbus, having found that thousands of claimants waited ...