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GBST aims to capitalise on innovation with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... both internal and client-facing initiatives, with a dual focus on enhancing how GBST teams operate and embedding AI into products in ways that deliver measurable client outcomes, GBST said. This includes prioritising AI tools to enhance productivity ...

AFCA receives record complaints in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... establishment, AFCA has received more than 634,000 complaints. The increase in complaints was spread across all financial products, including the demise of Shield and First Guardian Master Funds across the financial advice and superannuation sectors ...

CFS cuts ties with Otivo, launches own super advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... digital advice service is no longer available across the FirstChoice Employer and FirstChoice Wholesale Super and Pension products. Taking its place is Super Advice, which is free to members, offering simple, tailored guidance on superannuation from ...

GDG reports record FUM growth, eyes stronger second half

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... opportunity ahead, including some of the incoming tax reforms to boost long-term investment in investment bonds. New products across lifetime annuities and additional income solutions being developed in partnership with BlackRock will also contribute ...

Sequoia weighs InterPrac's fate, launches review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... cease all new business from the three InterPrac-licensed advisers who recommended the failed Shield and First Guardian products."

Chalmers releases retirement phase reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... design of quality retirement income solutions, guidance services and engagement strategies; design a robust suite of products and product settings that allow trustees and members to build quality retirement income solutions; combine products and product ...

Adviser gap could boost equity release products: Homesafe

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... security." Home equity release encompasses solutions that allow homeowners to access equity without selling or moving. These products are "increasingly relevant" as populations age amid rising property prices, with significant net wealth tied up in an ...

The three telltale signs of termination for ETPs: Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
There are three specific metrics by which investment managers can assess the viability of their products, Rainmaker Information says, and those that demonstrate all three have a significantly higher likelihood of failure. In the latest ETP Report from ...

QIC partners with Wollemi Capital in new $80m investment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... we're excited to be partnering with QIC and Wollemi in a consortium bringing to market a wide range of renewable products, including new baseload generation to the energy market." Construction for the facility will begin in February 2026, with the ...

SMSF advice requires specialist skills, professional judgement: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... vertically integrated as such, it is hoping to uncover any conflicts of interests in the wake of more AFSLs creating in-house products. "When regulators observe significant shifts like this in the market composition and dynamics, we're naturally ...