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ASIC acts against another former FSGA adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... Statements of Advice that included misleading statements and recommended placing entire superannuation balances into high-risk products. It said this was particularly the case where the fact find had been done by an unlicensed third party, the SOA was ...

GESB loses another key executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... business unit, including legal, secretariat and governance functions, information security, records and data management, risk and compliance, IT services, and people and culture. He had been brought on to support the fund's new strategy following changes ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... self-identify or disclose sensitive circumstances when they do not wish to. Rather, insurers proactively considering potential risk factors for vulnerability that may indicate the need for support. "This can be based on information they already hold ...

New AMP boss outlines vision amid drooping share price

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... includes responding to how AI may disrupt the wealth sector and the tight regulatory frameworks that help to mitigate that risk for AMP," he said. Vernon took over the top job from Alexis George, who left the wealth firm on March 30.

Super Consumers Australia raises concerns over Treasury reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... response to the Shield and First Guardian collapses, which saw more than 11,000 Australians invest over $1 billion into high-risk and inappropriate products. Super Consumers Australia chief executive Xavier O'Halloran said reforms need to focus on preventing ...

Macquarie-backed IDA sets up $150m credit warehouse

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... for its clients. "IDA's long standing track record demonstrates the management team's ability to price and manage risk through cycles," Kemp said. IDA has around 16 years of experience as a capital partner in real estate projects with aggregate ...

Div 296 requires fixing before finalisation: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... practice. "In our view, the proposed rules dealing with deceased members, actuarial certification and small fund attribution risk creating unnecessary complexity, higher compliance costs and inequitable outcomes." Meantime, the SMSF Association also ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... revenue cannot support. In an extreme scenario, if demand for the models doesn't scale to expectation, Amodei spoke of the risk of going bankrupt. Describing it as the "cone of uncertainty", he called the race to the top one filled with uncertainty. ...

US, Iran agree to cease fire, outlook remains 'uncertain'

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... risks associated with the flow of oil, we have probably seen a lot of the rebound simply as a result of a decline in the risk premium and uncertainty." He believes there will be a wave of earnings downgrades in the coming weeks but shouldn't vary too ...

VFMC names head of portfolio strategy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... in the role for close to 12 months before taking over it permanently. It also named Jeff Phillips as its chief finance and risk officer, who served in the chief financial officer role at Bennelong Funds Management for close to 14 years.