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FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR | TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026

... significant demand destruction, fixed income may provide some upside. We are also conscious that we've seen some pretty poor confidence numbers come out recently," Quin says. As to whether the supply shock turns into a global demand shock and recession ...

Unpaid super costs workers $24.4bn: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO | MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026

Australians missed out on $24.4 billion in unpaid superannuation in the past five years to 2023, reinforcing the need for Payday Super, the lobby group says. New analysis from Super Members Council (SMC) found one in four workers were underpaid super ...

Advisers reprimanded over fee-for-no-service conduct

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2026

... relevant provider and decided to not take any action," it said. Last month, an adviser received a reprimand for providing poor advice to a client to roll their super over to another product, costing them their insurance coverage.

More M&A amid AI buildouts, heightened costs: Fidelity International

MATTHEW WAI | FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026

M&A activity will continue to ramp up across most sectors as businesses look to capitalise on artificial intelligence (AI) buildouts while sustaining higher operational costs, a new survey found. Fidelity International's annual Analyst Survey 2026 ...

FSC ups expectations on platform trustees' governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026

... appropriately respects the professionally advised relationship, while maintaining sound governance guardrails to mitigate the risk of poor member outcomes and preserve the flexibility that is fundamental to platform products." Under the standard, the ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026

Private markets have experienced significant growth in recent years, and investors are showing no signs of slowing down. Global private equity (PE) investment rose from US$1.8 trillion in 2024 to US$2.1 trillion in 2025, despite a decline in deal volume ...

Treasury mulls increased powers for TPB

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026

... preparers," the exposure draft said. "The reforms improve protections for taxpayers against tax agent misconduct, including poor and unlawful tax advice, and maintain community confidence in the integrity of the tax system." The proposed five new criminal ...

Australia is 'laissez-faire' on eligibility for semi-liquid investments: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI | TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026

... facilitating applications or redemptions; in short, LITs are liquid and cannot be gated. "A positive of these structures is that, in poor market conditions, managers are not forced sellers of underlying assets to meet redemptions. Similarly, they are ...

Adviser reprimanded over clients' loss of cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026

... costing them their insurance coverage. The financial adviser was reprimanded this month, after they were found to have provided poor advice in August 2023. The adviser recommended two clients rollover their super balances to a new plan, failing to identify ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026

... failures akin to Shield and First Guardian, Treasury believes proposing to reform "ASIC's ability to detect and respond to poor governance and other scheme risks" will make a difference. "Whilst the minister, seemingly is going to prioritise resolving ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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