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Acenda enters retirement market with new solution

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... solution, Lifestream Guaranteed Income, helps older Australians retire with confidence. Together with tailored financial advice, it can provide predictable retirement income and reassurance that payments will continue, even when markets or circumstances ...

CFS to integrate estate planning services for members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... available to any adviser with CFS clients. Advisers can incorporate a completed Will and digital asset inventory into holistic advice, align superannuation death benefit nominations with the client's broader wishes, and document preferences that support ...

AustralianSuper calls for reform in pre-Budget submission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... for superannuation funds to assist members to apply for the Age Pension through an 'intra-fund' or collectively charged advice model; and allowing members to identify themselves through a government accredited digital identity. The super fund said its ...

AMP profits fall as Alexis George prepares to step down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... cash flows. We have reinvigorated the superannuation and investments business, with innovative offers including digital advice, and the market leading AMP Rewards and AMP Lifetime Super, which are helping to drive retention and member growth." George ...

Another MWL Financial Services adviser banned

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
Effective February 5, ASIC banned former MWL Financial Services (MWL) adviser Neil McPherson for giving advice to certain clients that was not in their best interests. An investigation found that during his tenure with MWL, McPherson recommended some ...

CBA updates on class actions, governance review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... profits rise to $5.4 billion. As part of is H1 report, the major bank gave an update on its ongoing superannuation and advice-related class actions. CBA said it still has two superannuation class actions before the courts. The first was filed in 2018 ...

JANA named implemented consultant for TasBuild

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... long service leave entitlements of workers in the building and construction industry in Tasmania, TasBuild will receive advice on managing long service leave funds and redundancy trusts targeting specific funding ratios. Under the partnership, JANA will ...

Treasury to reform managed investment scheme governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... MISs. "Common themes include concerns about the marketing of high-risk schemes to retail investors, conflicted financial advice, poor scheme governance, the competing interests that can exist between investors and the responsible entity, and certain ...

Aged care advice needs regulatory intervention: Research

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
In a new report, The risk of unrelated aged care advice: protecting older Australians and ensuring quality advice paper, Aged Care Steps identifies key issues with how aged care advice is being provided in Australia, calling for reform. Older Australians ...

Debby Blakey steps down as HESTA chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... fund for more than 17 years, including 11 years as chief executive. She first joined in 2008 as executive manager, member advice. Between 2012 and 2015 she served as deputy chief executive before taking on the top job, succeeding Anne-Marie Corboy. "Debby ...