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Centrepoint offloads lending solutions business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
Centrepoint Alliance will offload its lending solutions business to Astute Financial Management to solely focus on licensee services, financial advice, managed accounts and platforms. Under the agreement, Centrepoint said it will retain the lending-as-a-service ...

HESTA urges government to modernise Australian retirement system

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... research also found only 45% of eligible Australians with super accounts transition voluntarily to a tax-free retirement account at preservation age. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said this simple change could make a profound difference to Australians' ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of Qld securities dealer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Pulse Markets, a wholly owned subsidiary of BIR Financial, for providing incompetent financial services, including inadequate supervision of its corporate authorised representatives ...

AustralianSuper calls for reform in pre-Budget submission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... identity. The super fund said its research indicates that more than 20% of AustralianSuper members in the Choice Income (Account-based Pension / Retirement) product continue to work, and 20% of members aged over 60 in accumulation are retired. "There ...

FES Super to no longer supplement returns in default

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
The Fire and Emergency Services Superannuation Fund (FES Super) has reworked its default option as it looks to ensure performance test success. FES Super offers six investment options to members, the default being the Smoothed option. As of this month ...

Second consultation kicks off on ESG product labelling

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... foundational issues for a sustainable investment product labelling framework targeted at retail investors, taking into account current regulations and disclosure requirements, overseas frameworks, and design options.

Virgin Money Super increases administration fees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... increased from 0.002% to 0.03%, the cost is deducted from the member reserve and is not charged directly from a member's account, so the change "will not impact the balance of your account." The trustee currently pays certain administration costs relating ...

Senate questions APRA's role in Shield, First Guardian disaster

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
APRA's role as prudential regulator in the wake of the First Guardian Master Fund and Shield Master Fund collapses came under the spotlight at a recent parliamentary hearing. APRA chair John Lonsdale told the Senate Economics Legislation Committee that ...

Frontier hires senior consultant from JANA

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
Frontier Advisors has hired a senior consultant from a rival asset consulting firm. Martin Langham joins Frontier from JANA Investment Advisors, where he managed client relationships in Australia and New Zealand and led research on equities and alternative ...

RBA veteran leads AOFM review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
A Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) veteran has been appointed to lead an independent review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM). Treasury of the Secretary Jenny Wilkinson commissioned the independent review after it was requested ...