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Local advice sector an attractive opportunity for global PE firms

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2026
... $45 million of margin for our advice platform," Barrett said. "... if you can make these, what looks like marginal improvements, on things like clients per adviser, you can have enormous benefit in terms of value creation. If you've got a scale platform ...

Special Feature: Beyond safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
... expensive." Cost, transparency and accuracy were critical areas of focus during its custody review, given even small improvements will make increasingly large contributions as the fund grows. "That's, for us, thinking about members' best interests. ...

Acclaim Wealth makes C-suite appointment in newly created role

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... nationally, introduced workflow automation and analytics capabilities, and led a range of technology and process improvements across the business. Prior to Acclaim Wealth, West established financial planning and business development experiences at LifePath ...

NGS Super names head of strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
... Adam Parsons' appointment as chief member officer for the super fund last month, as the fund continues to seek improvements in its services.

Entireti names former Perpetual chief as chair

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... the greatest admiration for Neil and his leadership team, and I'm inspired by their commitment to pursuing business improvements and stepped change for advisers and the broader profession," Lloyd said. "Entireti has grown significantly, both organically ...

Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026
... said he has confidence in the AOFM's ability to meet its mandate, it needs to undertake "a range of worthwhile improvements to its internal operations." "However, the risks to its ability to continue delivering key elements of its core mandate of ...

ASIC cancels Trive Financial's AFSL as review into CFDs continues

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026
... resulted in almost $40 million being returned to more then 38,000 retail investors, alongside significant compliance improvements across the sector. According to ASIC, the review led to stronger target market determinations, improved customer onboarding ...

Payday Super to tackle gender super gap: Aware Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... fund is ushering in the new Payday Super regime, which kicks into gear on July 1, as "one of the most meaningful improvements to Australia's retirement savings system in a generation." "Many of Aware Super's members are women working in health ...

FEATURE | Member engagement | On the ball

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... exceeded internal targets of four months. ASIC unveiled its follow-up report in June, finding little to no meaningful improvements were made among 45 trustees. Two years on, trustees exhibited varying degrees of urgency in responding as most took steps ...

Trustees lack death benefit claims uplift urgency: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
... superannuation funds to improve death benefit claims handling practices, a follow-up review found very little to no improvements have been made. ASIC's review of 45 trustees found varying degrees of urgency in response to its scathing review of death ...