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ASIC slams licensees' lax offshoring governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... and audit their arrangements thus putting their processes and business at risk, a new ASIC investigation reveals. ASIC's review of 10 financial advice licensees with more than 300 representatives using OSPs over the last two years found that local practices ...

Super moves: CareSuper, Hostplus, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... manager portfolios and asset class portfolios for the fund's investment teams to help manager monitoring, asset class review process and help identify what's driving performance of multi-asset class portfolios. Previous employers include Ortec ...

ASIC bans another former Lighthouse Partners director

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... recurrence. This negligence culminated in failure to refund an estimated $81,652 in fees, plus interest. Initially offering to review the ongoing service to clients, Archibald was warned this action was insufficient and so proceeded to issue fee disclosure ...

HUB24 launches new client reporting solution

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
HUB24 has launched a new client reporting tool, Engage. The solution aims to help financial advisers create transparent and timely reports for custody and non-custody asset investments. HUB24 said advisers spend 57% of their time engaging in client-facing ...

Full automation key for business success, but not investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
Financial advisers are moving to automate many business processes, but investment automation remains limited as they look to maintain control over decision-making. The AdviceTech 2025 Turning Data Into Growth report, based on over 300 financial advice ...

ASIC raises alarm on auditor independence, conflicts of interest

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... are failing the independence test and breaching conflicts of interest obligations, according to an ASIC investigation. A review of 15 audit firms saw nine did not meet rotation requirements while five of them had "relevant relationships" with their clients. ...

Platform trustees told to improve investment governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... the need to strengthen their investment governance processes. In its letter, it shared initial findings from the thematic review of platforms it commenced earlier this year, looking at those collectively responsible for about 95% of the $397 billion ...

Australian Food Super to transition to age-based premiums

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... protection. The super fund said fee changes align costs with risks, ensuring premiums reflect the likelihood of claims, while the review identified opportunities for enhancing product features and services, including 'teleclaims', streamlining online ...

ASIC sues Fiducian for ESG failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... requisite information to conduct that monitoring. ASIC alleges Fiducian did not act with care and diligence when it failed to review the underlying investments of the fund to ensure their consistency with the PDS of the fund; ensure its compliance documents ...

Liquidity, operational shocks major issues for super: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has released its Financial Stability Review, highlighting that building resilience to severe liquidity and operations shocks must remain a priority for superannuation funds. "Superannuation funds now account for around ...