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Apostle taps former Platinum AM chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
Apostle Funds Management has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of managing director Mitchell Gunman earlier this year. Jeff Peters, the former chief executive of Platinum Asset Management, will join the firm on August 20, as Apostle ...

FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Grab a shopping cart and enter the investment supermarket. The shelves are stacked - an Aussie large-cap fund here, an ETF there, a fixed-income fund somewhere near the back, past the alternatives nobody quite understands. There is an estimated $1 trillion ...

arcpoint OCIO adopts dual chief investment officer model

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
After launching five months ago, arcpoint OCIO has opted for a two-person chief investment officer (CIO) model. Former chief investment officer of Mason Stevens' Jacqueline Fernley founded the new outsourced chief investment office (OCIO) as a dedicated ...

FAAA names new chair as David Sharpe prepares to step down

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has appointed named its chair-elect following a board election process. Michelle Veitch will officially assume the role of chair after the 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in November, succeeding current ...

Retirement confidence slides in Australia

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
... focus on long-term preparedness rather than short term confidence," Farrar said. "The data suggests many Australians still judge their retirement readiness through the lens of recent market performance rather than long term financial preparedness." The ...

Tribunal shortens financial adviser's five-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
Financial adviser Christian Henry has scored a partial win in reducing ASIC's five-year ban on providing personal financial advice to three years upon appeal. Henry was initially banned by ASIC while he worked at MWL Financial Services over advice ...

Mercer Super fined $10.3m for reportable situations failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... are 'joined up' so that important information is captured and not overlooked when reports are made to ASIC," the judge said. In response to the judgement, Mercer Super said: "Mercer Super acknowledges and apologises that it fell short of its ...

Federal Court calls out ASIC for re-running case on appeal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... in regulatory enforcement proceedings, appear to feel unconstrained by how the matter was conducted at first instance," Judge Derrington said. "Appeals by way of rehearing are not de novo proceedings. Rather, they are for the correction of error." Justice ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
HSBC Bank Australia has been hit with a $35 million penalty after admitting to widespread and systemic failures in protecting customers from scams. Following a Federal Court hearing in Melbourne on June 18, Justice Bennett handed down the penalty and ...

Block Earner found to have offered an unlicensed financial product

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
ASIC has successfully appealed a ruling against Block Earner in relation to its fixed-yield digital asset-related product (Earner), which was previously not deemed a financial product. The High Court of Australia has unanimously found that Earner was ...
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