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Federated Hermes partners with Conduit Digital

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
Federated Hermes has entered a strategic alliance with Singapore based Conduit Digital Holdings to launch a regulated tokenised money market fund distribution structure across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, including Australia. Under the arrangement ...

WT Financial takes majority stake in TNT Advisor

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
... of an experienced paraplanner is their technical knowledge, judgement and ability to understand an adviser's strategy and act as a genuine second chair," Morey said. "As automation and AI remove more of the repetitive document production, formatting ...

Opex Consulting taps Iress data lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
Former head of data science at Iress has joined the Adelaide-based financial advice solutions provider to lead a wide range of its ongoing initiatives to enhance efficiency for financial advisers. Alten Hulme has joined Opex Consulting as head of enterprise ...

Insurer sanctioned for over 10k breaches

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
The Life Insurance Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has sanctioned a life insurer after it reported more than 10,000 breaches of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code) in relation to failure to provide timely, completed annual notices. ...

Actuaries Institute launches AI risk management guide

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
Actuaries Institute and UTS Human Technology Institute (HTI) have partnered to launch a practical risk management guide to help financial services firms manage artificial intelligence (AI) risks. With rapid AI adoption, the Institutes note governance ...

Superannuation assets inch to nearly $4.8tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
Total superannuation assets hit nearly $4.8 trillion in the last financial year, marking a 9% rise, namely driven by the rise of industry funds. APRA's newly released statistics for the year ending June 30 showed Australians' retirement savings ...

Macquarie names new wrap platform lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
Macquarie has appointed a new head of wrap platform after Michelle Weber stepped down from the role following a 13-year tenure at the company. Chloe Neil has taken on the role, and will be responsible for the strategy, growth and management of Macquarie's ...

Australian Unity to wind down Platypus AM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
Australian Unity will wind down Platypus Asset Management, its wholly owned Australian equities fund manager, following a strategic review of the business. Australian Unity chief executive, wealth and capital markets, Balaji Gopal said the business ...

Equity Trustees super exit sparks Hejaz Islamic Super and Pension closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
Hejaz's Islamic Super and Pension products will be terminated as a fallout from Equity Trustees ditching the superannuation trustee business. The latter, however, says otherwise. Hejaz Islamic Super had 2600 members and more than $98 million in ...

Sequoia revokes dividends, chief financial officer exits

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
Sequoia will not pay any dividends in the financial year, revoking interim dividend it had announced earlier in the year of one cent per share, as an adviser exodus puts pressure on its revenue. In addition, the group announced its chief financial officer ...