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Brighter Super launches lifetime income product in accumulation phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
Brighter Super has announced plans to deliver a new lifetime retirement income solution designed to enable eligible members to begin building future lifetime income benefits while they are still working. Brighter Super said the move makes it the first ...

ASIC suspends AFSL of GFA Capital Markets

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
ASIC has suspended the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of GFA Capital Markets (GFA) for five months after finding multiple client money, reporting obligation and compliance failures. GFA's licence has been suspended from 23 July 2026 to ...

Former Berndale director jailed for $700k in misused funds

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
Former Berndale Capital Securities director Stavro D'Amore has been sentenced to almost four years' imprisonment after admitting to dishonestly misusing nearly $700,000 of company funds and authorising false statements to ASIC. The Federal Court sentence ...

smartMonday tweaks fees, MySuper structure

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
The super fund is transforming its MySuper LifeCycle structure by shrinking nine options into four distinct categories, while making changes to its investment and administration fees. From 14 August 2026, smartMonday's MySuper investment option ...

Advisers should rethink portfolio construction: La Trobe

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
La Trobe Financial has urged advisers to broaden portfolio construction beyond traditional equity and bond allocations, arguing that slowing productivity, persistent inflation risks and changing market dynamics require greater focus on real assets and ...

Sequoia caves into InterPrac sale undertaking, ASIC withdraws proceedings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2026
With ASIC withdrawing legal proceedings against Sequoia Financial Group after it entered an undertaking not to put the Cross Deed of Guarantee at risk tied to the sale of InterPrac Financial Planning, the group remains coy about the deal with Conquest ...

Treasury opens consult on TPB sanctions framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2026
Treasury is seeking feedback on draft regulations and a draft determination to support a stronger sanctions framework for the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB). The draft regulations would require the TPB to publish information about sanctions on the public ...

FAAA calls for rethink on trust tax overhaul

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2026
The Financial Advice Association (FAAA) has urged the federal government to reconsider its proposed minimum tax on discretionary trusts, warning the reforms could impose significant costs on small businesses, financial advisers and lower income Australians ...

NSW director disqualified over $7m SMSF scam

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2026
The Federal Court has permanently disqualified former director Larry Dawson from managing corporations after finding he defrauded investors on their self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF) investments. Dawson was pulled out for his role as a sole director ...

Platforms are not solution providers: AZ NGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2026
AZ NGA group chief executive Paul Barrett warned platforms should stay in their lane rather than overstep to improve financial adviser productivity, reiterating that it is the advice business' responsibility to do so. Speaking at the Financial Services ...
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