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APRA names new deputy chairs

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026
... Bradbury joining on September 1. McCarthy Hockey has spent eight years at APRA and has served as an APRA member since October 2022. She will continue overseeing the prudential regulator's banking supervision, strategy, risk and compliance functions. ...

Vanguard delivers double-digit returns, Rest comes just shy

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026
... year of double-digit returns. The default MySuper option has generated annualised returns of 13.21% since launching in October 2022, while members invested in Vanguard's high Growth diversified option received 12.14% for the financial year. Vanguard ...

Final report into Life Code makes 85 recommendations

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
... claims handling, and sales practices. The review, initiated by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI), commenced in October 2025, was spearheaded by former ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell. Explaining the findings of the report, Kell said the approach ...

Mercer Super fined $10.3m for reportable situations failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... have an adequate system in place to identify and report reportable investigations throughout the relevant period, being 1 October 2021 and 30 September 2024. One key limitation of Mercer's incident system was its governance, risk and compliance (GRC) ...

ASIC calls out platform trustees: 'Clear breach of trust'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... savings, reviewed six platform trustees entrusted with over $300 billion in retirement savings from 1 June 2024 to 31 October 2025. ASIC found persistent gaps in advice fee controls, limited checks of advice documents, insufficient focus on understanding ...

VFMC names head of property

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
Victorian Funds Management Corporation has promoted Georgina Bishop to head of property, effective October this year. Bishop will transition into the role from Pete King who leaves VFMC later this year. "Delighted and proud to be handing on the baton," ...

Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... aspirations to scale in the APAC region by serving the needs of asset managers. The migration to Citi will be delivered in October 2026 under a structured transition programme ensuring a seamless transition of custody and fund administration services ...

ASIC charges developer over alleged $10m fraud

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants in Queensland and Western Australia. The regulator alleged between July 2021 and October 2023, McWilliams diverted more than $10 million raised for specific development projects towards unrelated investments and purchases. ...

ASIC moves to preserve derivatives and securities relief framework

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... their scheduled sunset later this year. The regulator said the instruments, which are due to expire between September and October 2026, continue to operate effectively and remain a necessary part of Australia's financial markets framework. ASIC proposes ...

HSBC Bank fined $35m in landmark scam-protection failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
... 2020 and August 2024. Of the $23 million lost ASIC was investigating, almost $16 million was lost in the six months from October 2023 to March 2024. Many of the scammers accessed victims' accounts by impersonating HSBC Australia staff. The bank took ...