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APRA sets higher cybersecurity expectations for trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2025
Trustees' cyber-resilience is riding high on APRA's enforcement agenda over the next four years, but in the short term the regulator warned it will escalate action where necessary if they cannot prove to have basic measures in place. The prudential ...

Anti-hawking exemption for advisers a 'silly carve out': SCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) is calling on the government to alter anti-hawking legislation to ensure consistency between selling financial services and financial products. In response to an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) consultation ...

ASIC warns of 'sharp rise' in financial misconduct

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... for high-pressure sales tactics, click bait advertising and promises of unrealistic returns, which encourage people to switch superannuation into risky investments." Longo added that the report provides transparency about the scale of issues ASIC is ...

Hostplus unveils new Lifecycle option, changes fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
Hostplus has renamed its Life investment option to Lifecycle and switched up the design of the option by reducing the life-stages from four to three. Under the new design, the three life-stages will be 'grow', 'maintain' and 'protect' ...

Super funds risk 'falling behind': MUFG Retirement Solutions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
MUFG Pension & Market Services has called for an industry-wide uplift in digital identity and fraud protection capabilities as it works with the Australian government and super funds to pilot a new digital ID tool. Speaking exclusively with Financial ...

PC recommends switch to digital financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
An interim report from the Productivity Commission (PC) has recommended Australian companies switch to digital financial reporting to allow for data to be better extracted. The report looked at how Australia can better harness the data contained in ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
ASIC fired a stern warning to superannuation funds about "passing the buck" to financial advisers and shedding responsibility for overlooking dodgy investment options as the fallout from the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund mounts to ...

Adviser banned for PRP supervision failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
A financial adviser that did not properly supervise a provisional relevant provider (PRP) is now banned from the industry for five years. Ian Wailes Potter of Superannuation Advice Australia has been banned from providing any financial services, controlling ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... unlikely to have been foreseen. Member switching behaviour added additional strain. In falling markets, members tend to switch from growth to defensive options, triggering asset sales that can be difficult in private markets. Cheever says if this occurs ...

Bullock reaffirms RBA's 'gradual easing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has reaffirmed the central bank's policy of gradually easing interest rates, as economists continue to price in a cut next month. Speaking at the Anika Foundation Fundraising Lunch, Bullock said ...