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Canadian pension fund in turmoil amid governance review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... independent review and remains focused as always on strengthening plan governance to ensure it aligns with industry best practices." The CAAT Pension Plan was established in 1967 to support the Ontario college system but now caters to 125,000 members ...

ASIC reviews lead generators again, names advisers using them

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... generators, ASIC is launching another into the advice licensees that use them. ASIC said the aim of the review is to address practices that inappropriately or unnecessarily encourage consumers to switch their superannuation, saying it is concerned that ...

Senate questions APRA's role in Shield, First Guardian disaster

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... products. "The scope of that review was broader than only First Guardian and Shield. The review identified weaknesses in the practices of some trustees. The gaps were in areas such as onboarding practices, monitoring of investment options, and remedial ...

ASIC inquiry an 'inflection' point for ASX: Lofthouse

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... service enhancements for the market. "But this execution has not been consistent for all parts of our strategy. Best practices for risk management and resilience are continually maturing, but at ASX we have not yet achieved the standards of excellence ...

CBA updates on class actions, governance review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... revelations from the Royal Commission, CBA was ordered by APRA to examine whether governance, culture and accountability practices at CBA were to blame. APRA's final report into CBA was published in May 2018, but over the following years, CBA had IBM ...

Treasury to reform managed investment scheme governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... the Shield and First Guardian failures, whereby some 11,000 people invested over $1 billion, Treasury said the alleged practices by employees "highlighted the need for further action to protect consumers in the superannuation and financial services sectors." ...

Drummond steps up governance and adviser support

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... and compliance. Mitchell will run compliance and governance across the firm, while leading implementation for partner practices. He joins from Symmetry, a boutique Western Australian-based AFSL, where he oversaw governance, compliance, adviser supervision ...

WT Financial Group clear on 2026 strategy, rebrands retail advice arm

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... to continue to support them through our Investco joint venture with Merchant Wealth, which is taking equity stakes in practices and helping them consolidate their operations," Cullen said. "Nothing's changed for us in that regard; that is our primary ...

Super trustees told to up fraud protection game

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
ASIC is urging super trustees to strengthen their anti-scam and fraud practices after a review found "significant" gaps in communications to members. Following an assessment of scams and fraud-related website content across 47 super funds, benchmarking ...

Integro announces first east coast hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... set in investing and the passing on of wealth from Australia's ageing population." "Acquisition of existing advice practices also remains a key focus, and Adam brings years of experience in identifying and integrating smaller firms into larger, more ...