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Binance Australia to pay $10m over deliberate customer misclassifications

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... at a multiple-choice quiz until they have passed were deemed one. During the period, Binance also failed to provide a product disclosure statement (PDS) to retail clients, implement a target market determination, maintain a compliant internal dispute ...

Super funds must protect members, says Kirkland

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... have adopted. He also highlighted a member's choice is not an excuse to "displace" trustee responsibility, stating that product risk "doesn't become somebody else's problem because advice was given, or because the member selected it." "More broadly ...

Clancy reshapes Rest Super investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... created role, having spent the previous four years with MLC Asset Management, most recently as head of asset management product development, management, and strategy. Vitalis arrived six months after Thomas and Bluzmanis were recruited. Other roles she ...

Magellan strengthens ranks with twin hires

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
Magellan Financial Group is bolstering its senior ranks, bringing in new heads of product and operations as the Sydney-based asset manager pushes ahead with plans to strengthen its next phase of growth. Jonathan Gad joins as head of product, tasked ...

Vanguard launches four new funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... Yield Net Tax Index, an income-focused index which covers approximately 2200 stocks globally. Vanguard Australia head of product offer Curt Jacques said the new funds respond to increasing interest from Australian investors in global technology and income-oriented ...

Inflation remains firm, May rate hike still in play

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.7% in the 12 months to February 2026, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.7% annual CPI inflation to February eased slightly from the 3.8% annual CPI inflation to January," ABS head of ...

Adviser reprimanded over clients' loss of cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... Credit Panel (FSCP) issued a reprimand to a financial adviser who recommended a client roll their super over to another product, costing them their insurance coverage. The financial adviser was reprimanded this month, after they were found to have provided ...

U Ethical chief executive departs, successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... are powerful foundations for growth," Jollie said. "The opportunity now is to strengthen alignment across investment, product and distribution, and to scale that capability to a broader client base without diluting the integrity of the model. "This is ...

Australia finalises 'landmark' trade agreement with European Union

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
After years of negotiations, the Federal Government has secured a landmark trade deal with the European Union (EU) overnight, which will unlock "lucrative" access to European government mandates for local businesses. The agreement will see the EU to ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... the ecosystem exhibited negligence and laxity. One Equity Trustees junior analyst, for example, red flagged the Shield product for having no track record but somehow outperformed its benchmark, was allegedly ignored, according to reports. SQM is under ...