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Rest launches clearing house solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
Following a successful pilot program, Rest will launch a new clearing house solution to help businesses meet their upcoming Payday Super obligations from 1 July 2026. The super fund said the Rest Pay solution is purpose-built for Payday Super and aims ...

More than 2000 advisers at risk as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
Just one month out from the qualification deadline, some 2326 financial advisers are still yet to meet the standard, says ASIC. As at November 20, there were 15,469 relevant providers listed on the Financial Advisers Register. Of these, 7959 hold an ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... white meats, and it hits a pinnacle of red meat," he recently told the AgriCoach podcast. In economic theory, Bennett's Law states that as people earn more money, become less poor and move into the middle class, they tend to move away from starchy ...

Reforms on super advertising, stapling enter parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
Potential reforms around the advertising and stapling of superannuation products during employee onboarding were introduced to the House of Representatives today. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill ...

FX coaching platform handed additional conditions over compliance failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... timeframe. The consultant is also to consider LTT's procedures and frameworks to ensure compliance with financial services law and provide two reports on these matters to ASIC for the watchdog to determine if any further action is warranted. "Compliance ...

Super funds lagging RIC obligations: Pulse Check

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... three years to develop meaningful retirement income strategies that meet the diverse needs of their members - and meet the law," she said. "Retirees collectively entrust almost $600 billion in savings to the stewardship of super trustees, who should ...

CalSTRS secures US$190m settlement against Meta

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... improvements. Other changes it will make include enhancing its whistleblower program with more specific language around privacy law violations and Meta's privacy policies, and Meta will report identified issues quarterly to a designated committee of ...

Clime shutters two funds, offloads retail book

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... fund's compliance with the target market determination (TMD) and product disclosure statement, and whether it has breached the law in relation to its investments. Abernethy said it has "been clear for some time that small retail funds without strong ...

Sequoia shares dive nearly 50%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
Sequoia Financial Group's share price has dived nearly 50% since the start of the year, compounded by ASIC's recent lawsuit against subsidiary InterPrac Financial Planning, which has wiped millions from its market cap. Sequoia's share price ...

Entireti partners with Striver to shore up talent

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
Entireti has partnered with specialist wealth management and talent development platform Striver to launch a program that supports the next generation of financial advisers. The initiative will streamline high quality graduates and job seekers into ...