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Super Consumers Australia raises concerns over Treasury reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... executive Xavier O'Halloran said reforms need to focus on preventing harm before it occurs. "Dodgy lead generation sales practices allowed the harm to spread at an industrial scale. Disrupting this business model should be the highest priority. The most ...

Minchin Moore, Edney Ryan Wealth Management merge

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... opportunities to grow the business, through both referral partnerships and the further acquisition of existing advice practices nationwide. "As part of our growth journey, we are always looking at opportunities to broaden our reach across Australia ...

ASX is 'compromised' and 'lacks aspiration': Final report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... released a damning final report into the ASX, focusing on governance, capability and risk management frameworks and practices across the group. The panel conducted more than 140 stakeholder interviews, reviewed submissions and an expert technical report ...

APRA imposes additional licence conditions on Fiducian

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... the regulator follows a thematic review of Fiducian's investment governance, strategic planning and member outcomes practices. It identified deficiencies in its onboarding practices for new investment options, monitoring and reporting of them, managing ...

Akambo ventures into asset consulting, makes first hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... has joined the firm as senior asset consultant, supporting the development of new investment mandates across advice practices and institutional partners alongside Akambo managing director Joe Akiki. Tomkins will work with investment committees, principals ...

Super funds must protect members, says Kirkland

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... why an investment option was made available to members. He said trustees should have processes in place to identify practices that may cause harm to any super balance, including from inappropriate advice fee charges, and is currently undertaking a review ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... Federal Court for failing to put Shield on a watchlist. "You should have processes in place that allow you to identify practices that may result in the erosion of super balances, including from inappropriate advice fee charges," Longo lectured the sector ...

Platform funds, mega funds to dominate: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... distribution advantages of industry funds. "Meanwhile, mega funds - with more sophisticated reserving and capital management practices - now have some access to capital, a historic advantage for retail funds. Funds with stronger new member growth and ...

Managed accounts increase confidence amid volatility: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... for their objectives," Blewitt said. The report also found that adoption is highest among larger and more profitable practices. Around two-thirds of advisers from practices reporting net profit margins above 30% are using managed accounts. "As managed ...

Sequoia offloads InterPrac in $50k fire sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... superannuation funds who received advice to select such APRA-regulated superannuation funds from the three terminated advice practices, noting InterPrac's exposure to these failures was entirely within APRA-regulated super funds and not on a direct ...