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Cbus pushes for lead generator ban

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... Fok said. The fund said lead generators had emerged as a workaround following the post Banking Royal Commission ban on cold-call sales for super and financial advice. Operators instead rely on online mechanisms to harvest personal data and funnel consumers ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon grabbed headlines last year when speaking at one of the banking giant's quarterly earnings calls. "When you see one cockroach," he told analysts, "there are probably more." The cockroach Dimon was referring ...

Macquarie shareholders question its climate change commitment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... green-energy exposure, and significantly increase reported fossil fuel exposure. The resolution stated these developments "call into question the credibility of Macquarie's climate representations and exposes the group to growing climate-related ...

Data, compliance key to successful technology-enabled advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
While financial advice firms are at different stages of embracing artificial intelligence (AI), experts urge not to overlook two key areas before they go all in: data quality and compliance. Before considering anything else, a panel of technology and ...

Bell Financial launches Tandem Capital

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... Financial Group has announced the launch of Tandem Capital expanding its platforms division with a new margin lending and at-call investment offering aimed at advisers and their clients. The new business will provide advisers with access to margin lending ...

CALI calls for government to help fund CSLR

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) is calling on the government to help fund the burgeoning Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) to stop putting "undue" pressure on Australia's risk advisers. The government has announced the shared ...

SIAA focuses mission on building prosperity for investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... every word that you see in that purpose. "We wanted to be clear to our members in the market what our role is, and we want to call out how we are focusing on the changing dynamics, such as technology and client behaviours for the future." The association ...

ASIC flags disclosure flaws in first wave of mandatory climate reports

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has raised concerns over the use of misleading disclaimers, inconsistent climate risk disclosures and unclear reporting assumptions in the first round of mandatory sustainability reports lodged ...

Combating modern slavery difficult but not impossible: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
While it might be challenging to construct a truly modern-slavery-risk free investment portfolio, it is not impossible, a sustainability expert says, who will help wealth managers combat such risks at next week's Responsible Investment Association ...

InterPrac targets First Guardian victim, disputes AFCA ruling

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
InterPrac Financial Planning is taking action against a former client and victim of the First Guardian Master Fund collapse for an Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determination it is vehemently contesting. The new proceeding comes off ...