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Life CCC unveils FY27 priorities

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
The Life Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has laid out its priorities for the current financial year, including providing the necessary support required for the upcoming implementation of the revised Life Code (Code). The focus in FY27 is largely ...

Retirement portfolios need a new playbook: Real Asset Management

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
The traditional 60/40 portfolio may no longer provide the protection retirees need, with advisers urged to rethink portfolio construction as market volatility, inflation and longevity risks reshape retirement planning. Speaking at the Advisers Big Day ...

Spaceship Super ups fees on private credit exposure

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
... trustee considers these costs to be appropriate given the expected improvement in risk-adjusted returns and downside protection they provide." In the GrowthX option, the super fund is slightly reducing exposure in Australian and international equities ...

BUSSQ ups insurance cover, costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2026
... throughout their working lives. Our insurance offering is designed to provide members with confidence that they have protection in place when they need it most, while making insurance accessible," BUSSQ chief executive Damian Wills said. "Should members ...

FAAA calls for rethink on trust tax overhaul

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2026
... advisers and small business owners operate through discretionary trusts for reasons extending beyond tax, including asset protection, succession planning and family ownership arrangements. Among its recommendations, the FAAA called for the transition ...

NSW director disqualified over $7m SMSF scam

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2026
... ASIC submitted that an order permanently disqualifying Dawson from managing corporations was required for the future protection of the public and as a matter of general deterrence. ASIC said it acted on concerns that Dawson set up company bank accounts ...

ATO issues guidance on new LRBA rules for SMSFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026
... "While a binding contract test provides a clear line, it risks leaving trustees who have acted in good faith without the protection they expected. "The guidance is also helpful in confirming that genuine off-the-plan contracts exchanged before August ...

Super Consumers appoints former regulator as chair

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... appointed former deputy chair of ASIC and ACCC as its board chair. Peter Kell brings decades of experience in consumer protection, financial services regulation and public policy to SCA and has previously served as the chief executive of CHOICE, a consumer ...

FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Grab a shopping cart and enter the investment supermarket. The shelves are stacked - an Aussie large-cap fund here, an ETF there, a fixed-income fund somewhere near the back, past the alternatives nobody quite understands. There is an estimated $1 trillion ...

Rest calls for better alignment in default options

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... consumers enter options or products they do not understand and aligns with Treasury's consultation to emphasise consumer protection in super switching. As such, Rest is calling on the government to work with industry to develop a standardised labelling ...