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Strengthen Life Code for mental health crisis, claims handling: Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... mental health condition in their lifetime. One of the key recommendations is for the Life Code to contain "a new overall industry commitment" to deal appropriately with customers experiencing mental health conditions to be pushed at the top as a priority ...

ASIC concerns over Interprac sale 'unfounded': Sequoia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... regulatory requirements," Sequoia said. Separately, Sequoia confirmed via the ASX that it has issued a formal apology to industry publication Professional Planner after its managing director Garry Crole mistook the title for another in explaining how ...

Super Consumers Australia raises concerns over Treasury reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... the products they offer members. It also opened consultation on the sustainability of the CSLR and the best way for the industry to fund it. These reforms are in response to the Shield and First Guardian collapses, which saw more than 11,000 Australians ...

WT Financial Group welcomes first chief financial officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... make them work post-completion." Cullen also commended the extensive relationships Peters has established within the industry. "That's critical to what we're building," he said. "As we scale Investco and continue to help drive consolidation in the advice ...

Charter Hall secures $1.2bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... 1609 properties across four sectors and $17.9 billion in the development pipeline. According to a Fund Manager Survey by industry associations ANREV, INREV, and NCREIF last year, Charter Hall was Australia's largest real estate fund manager, followed ...

Merchant pledges long-term commitment to Australia with new hires

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... its focus on supporting the ongoing regulatory reform, succession pressures and operating complexity across the advice industry. Melville brings more than 30 years' experience across wealth management, financial advice, and banking. He spent over ...

Div 296 requires fixing before finalisation: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
Industry bodies have raised concerns over the drafted Division 296 regulations, warning the current design could create unnecessary complexity, higher compliance costs and unfair outcomes. The bill passed the Parliament last month, and was followed ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... as of mid-month. "It seems to me that every few weeks, a new AI tool is announced that threatens to revolutionise an industry," UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce said in a recent investment update. This time around, the sell-off followed ...

Sale of Interprac raises eyebrows at ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... do." Further to ASIC's action, Sequoia has been forced to reply to a compliance letter from the ASX questioning how industry publication Professional Planner was able to publicise the proposed sale before it was announced via the ASX. The article ...

ASIC bans another MWL adviser

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... Lofthouse was authorised by MWL from 10 August 2022 to 25 November 2022. After leaving MWL, Lofthouse was licensed by Industry Fund Services up until the ban was put in place. He's also previously been licensed through Arthur J. Gallagher, and My Dedicated ...