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Household wealth rises 2.5%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... strongest growth in housing loan balances since December 2021, with strength across all borrower types," Tan said. "Recent policy changes for first home buyers were reflected in the strength of new loan commitments which are flowing through to the increase ...

Non-partisan superannuation 'friendship' group formed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... "These trends underline the importance of all parliamentarians and the super sector working closely together to ensure policy settings continue to keep super strong and secure so it can deliver for millions of Australians in retirement," SMC said. SMC ...

New deputy chair for FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... mature savings system, emerging asset classes and disruptive technology, the role for the FSC to drive advocacy and good policy to deliver financial confidence has never been more important." The FSC also appointed Schroders Australia chief executive ...

ETF home bias more prominent amid global unrest: BlackRock

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... gainers. "I think that's clearly because markets and investors are being far more nuanced around the differing monetary policy outlooks in Australia and the US," Haban-Beer Stats said. She added this selective approach to developed markets equity ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... business," she says. Despite the setbacks, Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager of advice and policy Phil Anderson is optimistic that meaningful reforms addressing major issues, such as the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort ...

Wealth levels triple for middle Australia: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... long-term growth and stability across the economy. "With more Australians relying on super than ever before, keeping the policy settings strong and secure is critical - because the future incomes of everyday Australians depend on it."

Sequoia offloads InterPrac in $50k fire sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... currently the head of legal, risk and compliance at Sequoia. InterPrac currently has a professional indemnity (PI) insurance policy worth $20 million covering the failures of Shield and First Guardian. Sequoia said it believes the "InterPrac PI policy ...

FSC questions SMC's claim on younger members' super switches

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... super to suit a client's broader financial circumstances. It added concerns of misleading data risks distorting the policy debate following the failures of Shield and First Guardian. "It is simply not correct to infer that a superannuation consumer ...

Government looks to better define roles of regulators

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... regulators while also lowering the burden on the financial services sector. During his speech, Mulino also touched on the public policy questions that have been raised by the Shield and First Guardian collapses. "One is around governance and accountability ...

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquires Asset Partners Private Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... Asset Partners in 2012 as a principal. Asset Partners operates a fee-for-service model under a "two adviser per client policy to ensure all clients have access to quality specialised financial advice year-round regardless of holidays, illness or retirement". ...