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Treasury launches consultation on CSLR breaching sub-sector levy caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... after, former assistant treasurer Stephen Jones announced Labor would undertake a post-implementation, comprehensive review of the CSLR to ensure victims of financial misconduct have a sustainable avenue for redress. The first round of consultation took ...

Australian investment in venture capital lags: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... on the Age Pension. SMC is also calling for the government to commission a fresh fast-track Productivity Commission review of regulatory compliance costs and inefficiencies to deliver more money into the retirement funds; enable super contributions into ...

ASIC calls out trustees 'passing the buck' on super switching

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... and United Global Capital (UGC), which have collapsed in recent years. ASIC now wants super trustees to undertake a review of their processes to ensure new members aren't being exploited by super-switching business models. "You should have processes ...

CALI launches review of Life Code

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) has appointed Peter Kell to lead an independent review of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code). The review will begin on 1 October 2025. The Life Code sets enforceable standards life insurers ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... to S&P Global, and that momentum shows little sign of slowing. And regulators are taking notice. APRA's thematic review of trustees' implementation of Prudential Standard SPS 530 Investment Governance, released in December 2024, marked a turning ...

ASX updates waiver disclosure rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... will then be triggered by the matter no longer being confidential or incomplete. The requirement is part of the ASX's review of its Listing Rules announced in April. Off the back of "heightened investor interest" around the James Hardie proposed acquisition ...

Adviser exodus puts retirement savings at risk: CPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... incomes. Several reforms must be prioritised by the government, he urged, namely finalising the post-implementation review of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), updating financial advice education standards and changing the financial advice ...

Future Group reveals super fund returns, fee changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... that," Future Group chief executive Simon Sheikh said. Future Group said the fee changes follow smartMonday's annual review of investment fees and costs, which now reflect actual costs incurred during the 2024-25 financial year. Additionally, GuildSuper ...

ASFA, JANA release draft guidance on operational due diligence

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... business continuity to align with CPS 230. Other aspects like the introduction of a newly designed format to enable review of enterprise and investment strategy alongside CPS 230 requirements, as well as emphasis on transparency and independence are ...

Super spending calls BFID compliance into question

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... others not having revisited historic arrangements since the BFID was legislated, and a host of other shortcomings. The review of 14 RSE licensees' expenditure practices and decisions comprised thousands of documents covering discretionary spending, marketing ...