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TAL to provide mental healthcare program via partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... deliver innovative health services at scale. Under the partnership, eligible superannuation fund members on income protection or total and permanent disability (TPD) claims will be able to participate in a 20-week peer recovery pilot program. The program ...

ASIC cracks down on adviser CPD failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... across technical competence (five hours); client care and practice (five hours); regulatory compliance and consumer protection (five hours); professionalism and ethics (nine hours); and tax (financial) advice (five hours where the financial adviser is ...

Majority of SMSF establishments based on bad advice: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
Nearly two thirds of SMSFs established under the recommendations of a financial adviser are unsuitable to their needs and put retirement savings at risk, an ASIC review reveals. Of 100 financial advice files investigated, 62 failed to demonstrate compliance ...

Private credit funds downplay risks, pose risk to financial system: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... surveillance work to highlight the need for key legislative reforms for managed investment schemes - to strengthen investor protection, address data gap." ASIC will also look at the role superannuation funds play in private markets. In the report, the ...

APRA to rejig non-traditional service providers framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... key themes: preparedness for risk events; know your customer and market impacting critical operations; resilience; protection of the entity and community; and managing service provider risks. Nearly four months post-implementation, APRA said it "recognises ...

ASIC labels digital assets as financial products

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
ASIC has confirmed that it will start categorising some digital assets as financial products under updated guidance, while providing plenty of time for those that need to fulfill new requirements. Firms providing services related to digital assets that ...

Unclaimed super pot hits $19bn: ATO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released new data revealing there is almost $19 billion in lost and unclaimed superannuation waiting to be claimed by over seven million people. ATO deputy commissioner Ben Kelly said there could be several reasons ...

Retirees could be out up to $136k: SMC

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
A report by the Super Members Council (SMC) suggests the complex retirement system in Australia could be costing retirees up to $136,000. The modelling underscores the long-awaited need for financial advice reforms, and simpler, smarter pathways to ...

Government's rush to implement Payday Super is 'reckless': Coalition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... employee onboarding platforms, reminding that these protections must also be in place by 1 July 2026 to strengthen member protection and prevent multiple accounts with duplicate fees. SMC chief executive Misha Schubert said: "We also need to see action ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... coming at the tradeoff of the quality of service and things like the proper level of investment in cybersecurity and protection against crime and so on. So, it is a balance," she says. "Trustees have an obligation to ensure they're always acting in the ...