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Constant slams super funds over complaints handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... aspiration doesn't match your role in the system. The ASX is one of the most critical limbs of Australia's financial services, but it's failed to deliver on its promise to its customers because it has looked backward, not forward, whilst seeing its issues ...

Digital assets don't need new regulatory logic: ASIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... current layered framework. While some regulations will fall under general consumer law, other can trigger general financial services regulation, while eventually the asset class may warrant prudential oversight. "This approach avoids the binary choice ...

Australians like AI, reluctant to trust it on financial decisions: Survey

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... enough to start paying for AI financial tools. Sixty four percent of Australians expect AI to become common in financial services within five years. "People want AI introduced carefully, with safeguards and clear human responsibility for decisions that ...

Infocus reinforces focus on adviser support, governance with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... practical by working with head of risk and compliance Annika Coutts. He brings over 20 years of experience across financial services governance, audit and regulatory compliance. Most recently, he held the same position at Count for six years, supervising ...

Brisbane financial adviser appears in court on dishonesty charges

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... Magistrates Court on March 6 to face multiple charges of dishonesty offences. Prakash is a director of Principal Financial Services, Self-Managed Super, Provest Enterprises, and Super Funds Australia Pty Ltd ITF Principal Superannuation Fund. ASIC alleges ...

Former MWL Financial adviser banned for six years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
ASIC has banned Melbourne-based financial adviser Raluca Terheci from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business or performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business ...

Betashares invests in AUD-backed stablecoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... infrastructure. Vynokur added that he believes it will have wide-ranging applications across wealth management and financial services. "Globally, stablecoin adoption across financial services and payments is accelerating as real-world use cases become ...

What Australia must do to be at the forefront of financial innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... the potential to level the playing field in favour of consumers - to help them navigate the complexity of the financial services industry and shop around to find the best deal for them," Longo said He also noted that jurisdictions across the Asia Pacific ...

Iress fills APAC wealth role from within

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... Smart Choice, OnePath and IOOF. He has also held senior roles at MLC Wealth, Colonial First State and Zurich Financial Services. "Having previously led Iress' superannuation business, and with more than 25 years' experience across superannuation ...

Treasury proposes options to block victim-survivors' super going to perpetrators

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... determine the appropriate course of action. In December 2024, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services recommended an amendment to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 to ensure beneficiaries who perpetrated ...