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Small win for First Guardian victims amid platform transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... will be able to transfer their balance to another fund or withdraw their cash balance, provided they meet a condition of release. However, their accounts will remain active, so they continue to receive information about the liquidation process. In the ...

Productivity Commission makes 47 recommendations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
The government released the final reports of the Productivity Commission's five pillars of productivity inquiries - containing 47 recommendations to support productivity growth across five key areas of the economy. "Australia's productivity ...

AFCA streamlines approach to over 1800 Shield, First Guardian complaints

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has released details of its lead decision approach for Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund complaints, aiming to deliver a "consistent and fair" outcome for all affected investors. The ...

Trustees up sponsorship deals, Hostplus takes lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
Hostplus leads the charge on sporting sponsorship deals as the superannuation sectors' budget for marketing and advertising also balloons, even as APRA cracks down on non-essential expenditure. According to newly released APRA data, Hostplus spent ...

Most read in 2025: Financial advice

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
There was no shortage of news impacting the financial advice community this year, with advisers bearing the brunt of negative sentiment in the wake of First Guardian and Shield collapses. But there were some bright spots throughout the year, including ...

AustralianSuper execs earn top pay grade: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
AustralianSuper's top brass are the highest paid in the superannuation sector, earning nearly $9.2 million, which is double the amount that some of their peers earn. Newly released APRA data covering the 2025 financial year showed that industry ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... BlackRock due to the manager's misalignment with the fund's environmental, social and governance framework. According to a release, PME began reviewing its relationship with BlackRock as early as January, following the firm's departure from the Net-Zero ...

Chalmers flags pension, super spending in Budget update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... Chalmers flagged that the government will be spending more money to assist veterans and older Australians. "The figures we release on Wednesday will show... an extra $3 billion more in support for seniors on the Age Pension, an extra $2.1 billion more ...

Mulino wants PII to step up to make CSLR sustainable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
The professional indemnity insurance (PII) sector will be forced to play a bigger role in making the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) sustainable, Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino proposes, as the Opposition slams the scheme for "constantly ...

ASX to undergo 'circuit breaker' reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
The ASX has agreed to a package of reforms aimed at strengthening confidence in Australia's critical market infrastructure, providing certainty about the market operator's reset, and responding to the Interim Report released today by the panel of the ...