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MLC Super creates two new general manager roles

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
MLC Super has created two new roles of general manager of portfolio delivery and general manager of employer superannuation. It said the new roles will execute the super fund's significant program of change while continuing to grow its presence ...

ASIC stalls Sequoia bid to ditch cross guarantee deed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
ASIC is again putting up roadblocks to Sequoia Financial Group's attempt to revoke the deed of cross guarantee with InterPrac Financial Planning, asking more questions and requesting more information before the group rids itself of all liabilities arising ...

ASIC bans 14th adviser from MWL

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
ASIC has banned yet another former financial adviser from MWL Financial Services, bringing its total adviser bans - according to public records - to 14. ASIC has banned Pardeep Singh from providing financial services for four years, after finding he ...

ASIC 'scrutinising' Sequoia's second InterPrac fire sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
The corporate regulator says it is "closely scrutinising" Sequoia Financial Group's second attempt at a fire sale of InterPrac Financial Planning to a little-known private investor. Sequoia yesterday announced it had "successfully concluded" the ...

'Flawed' CSLR model needs to be redesigned: SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
The latest proposal from the government to see super funds contribute to the Compensation Scheme as a Last Resort (CSLR) would force everyday Australians to fund failures which arose in unrelated high-risk financial services, the Super Members Council ...

FEATURE | Nature risk | Paved paradise

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 OCT 2026
The central highlands of Victoria teem with lush Eucalytpus regnans or mountain ash, the world's tallest flowering plants, which are also native to Tasmania. Researchers from the Australian National University found that mountain ash also possesses ...

QIC expands convenience retail portfolio into Victoria

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2026
QIC Real Estate has acquired Mambourin Marketplace in Melbourne's west for $53.87 million, making its first convenience retail investment in Victoria as it expands its neighbourhood shopping centre portfolio. The acquisition of the newly developed ...

Brookfield-owned Oaktree raises US$2bn for private credit fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2026
Brookfield-owned Oaktree has achieved its target fund raise of US$2 billion for its Asset-Backed Financial Fund. The strategy will lend across a range of sectors including equipment leasing, transportation, consumer, real estate and infrastructure. ...

Interest rates at highest level in 15 years

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
The monetary policy board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) unanimously agreed to increase the interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.6%, the highest level since 2011. The RBA said the hike was a result of inflation remaining "elevated" and risks ...

Australia and Indonesia explore direct stablecoin settlement

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
AUDC the issuer of Australian dollar stablecoin AUDD, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PT IDRX Indo Inovasi, the issuer of Indonesian rupiah stablecoins IDRX, to explore a direct cross-border settlement corridor. Under the MoU, the ...
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