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Former super fund chief to steer new fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... highly credentialed, globally experienced team and help build a Perth-based funds management capability that Western Australians can be proud of for generations to come." While leading GESB, the fund grew to have more than $46 billion in funds under ...

Concerns raised over super switching consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... effectively ordering 12,400 victims and millions more to migrate". Walsh said APRA's performance test actually forces many Australians to switch funds. "The most glaring contradiction in the Treasury's proposal is the collision with APRA's Performance ...

Super Consumers Australia raises concerns over Treasury reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... industry to fund it. These reforms are in 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 ...

Cbus names new chief technology officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... open and accessible for members," she said. "I'm honoured to have the opportunity to work hard for more than 925,000 Australians who've put their trust in Cbus to help them build for the future." Former Cbus chief information and technology officer Mirella ...

FEATURE: Global equities | Triaging tech's second act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
"I think the odds are on our side." That was the message from Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei at the World Economic Forum in Davos, as the race for global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI) gains historic pace. Anthropic is building the ...

Coinbase receives AFSL, plans product expansion

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... managing director, APAC John O'Loghlen said the AFSL allows the exchange to offer competitive products to everyday Australians. "With this licence, we can bring the first products of the everything exchange to Australian customers, crypto and equity ...

Adviser exam pass rate exceeds 70% for the first time in 12 months

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... Abood said the number of financial advisers and paraplanners continues to fall well short of demand at a time when Australians are increasingly seeking financial advice to improve household financial wellbeing, retirement outcomes, and broader economic ...

CSC to increase TPD premiums for PSSap members by 43.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
Members of Commonwealth Super Corporation's Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSap) are about to be hit with insurance premium increases of more than 40%. A recent review of the PSSap lifePLUS offering, underwritten by AIA Australia ...

Genetic testing laws pass parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... results in life insurance underwriting have passed parliament. Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino said Australians should not feel discouraged from undertaking genetic testing out of fear it may have an impact on their ability to get insurance ...

FEATURE: Estate planning | Best laid plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... little over two people per 1000. Meanwhile, as of the 2021 Census, approximately 2.17 million people, or about 11.5% of Australians aged 16 and over, were in a de facto relationship. Then, when you consider that more than 25% of new brides and grooms ...