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APRA to continue crackdown on super fund expenditure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... Beverley-Smith said APRA provided trustees with an update on its expenditure work, including key observations, examples of better practice and areas the regulator felt needed improvement. "We expect trustees to have reviewed and compared [this] against ...

Super performance test, DBFO reforms coming: Government

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... to engage with the opposition... but also the greens and the crossbench," Mulino said. "I think where possible, it's better to try to get [reforms] that are 95% but broadly accepted than 100% and highly contested and then to never be revisited. So ...

HUB24, TAL to launch retirement income product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... can't wait more years to get this right. Each year, more than 100,000 Australians retire. You can't wait to serve them better because they need the support right now. Compulsory superannuation must also get more competitive."

MBS Insurance partners with Orbital Life

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... opportunity to improve access to quality risk advice. There is a huge market to serve but we can't do it alone and we're better together than working in isolation." Meantime, Fanto said: "We've grown significantly since our inception but ...

Advice industry under strain amid crisis of inefficiencies: Elemnta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... at all." He added that these early figures are confronting, saying he felt the need to release the findings to initiate better solutions as soon as possible for the benefit of the industry. The full report will be available in early 2026.

Evidentia acquires practice management firm

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... to add new services to all Evidentia Group client segments," he said. Zaglas said: "Encore exists to help owners get a better return on their business and life. We love working with business owners to build great advice businesses. Joining Evidentia ...

TAL to provide mental healthcare program via partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... avenues for people who have historically slipped through the cracks in the mental health system, including exploring ways to better connect place-based clinical services with digital psychosocial support to ensure a comprehensive continuum of care, TAL ...

Key roles vacant as NZ Super prepares for growth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... specialist expertise will bring greater consistency and rigour to how we evaluate investment opportunities, and allow us to make better-informed and more comparable decisions across both new and existing investments," a NZ Super spokesperson said. The ...

Member engagement lies in rewards, gamification: Whitepaper

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... value today," the paper read. Gamification is another strategy that has the potential to encourage positive behaviours and better member engagement. This involves progress tracking, rewards, badges, challenges, and even simple, engaging mechanics like ...

Majority reject crypto investments in super fund: Swyftx

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... most digital asset products as financial products. The government has also commenced consultations with the industry to better legitimise digital assets, but Titman said it will be a while before we see financial advisers making recommendations towards ...