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ASIC culls red tape, sets sights on more

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
ASIC has culled more than 9240 pages of regulation since the start of the year and is calling for more ideas for regulatory simplification. A new report, aptly named Regulatory Simplification, seeks input on a range of initiatives aimed at making regulation ...

Using super as 'piggybank' would be a 'disaster': Schroder

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
AustralianSuper chief executive Paul Schroder has used his speech at the National Press Club to warn the government that Australians' retirement savings should not be treated as a "piggybank". Schroder said it would be a "disaster" for members if governments ...

Super funds test cybersecurity resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
Still reeling from the coordinated cyberattack in April, superannuation funds will test their cybersecurity resilience and see what lessons they have learned under a drill provided by the Gateway Network Governance Body (GNGB). Taking place on Thursday ...

FAAA calls for other sectors to help pay $67m CSLR bill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... investment managers, research houses, superannuation funds, platforms, advice licensees, advisers and auditors," she said. "We call on government to reinstate the recently discontinued Senate Inquiry Into Wealth Management Companies and broaden its scope ...

Government scraps inquiry into advice firm failures, Dixon Advisory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
The government has dumped the inquiry into wealth management companies that would have dissected the collapse of firms like Dixon Advisory and the impact on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). In September 2024, the government referred the ...

Shield-linked advice firm director, compliance manager banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
The AFSL of MWL Financial Services has been cancelled, while both its director and its compliance manager have copped bans after they allegedly helped funnel more than $150 million in investments into the Shield Master Fund. MWL recommended Shield to ...

NGS Super readies for admin transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... established a dedicated "surge-capacity" support team in anticipation of a higher volume of member interactions. This is across its call centre and digital channels. The fund said members should consider making necessary account updates and transactions ...

ASIC flags firm grip on private and public markets, super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
ASIC is targeting the perfect storm of declining public market listings, booming private markets and the growing influence of superannuation funds as key enforcement priorities over the next four years, insisting that it is not sitting on the sidelines. ...

Invesco sells intelliflo to Carlyle Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
Invesco will sell financial advice technology provider intelliflo to Carlyle Group for US$200 million. Carlyle will spin off intelliflo's US-based subsidiaries as a standalone business called RedBlack, to be run by a separate management team. intelliflo ...

Future Group calls on super funds to push for bold emissions target

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... the modelling clearly showed the economic opportunity a 75% target would create and called on super funds to join in the call to push for an ambitious target. "By making a commitment to invest in Australia's transition to a renewable energy future ...