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Government plans 'standardised' assessment for NDIS

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... determine scheme access," the budget read. The government will provide $19.2 million over four years to establish a technical advisory group and to ensure representative organisations can facilitate community consultation on the reforms. "NDIS market ...

ASFA expands technical implementation service

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is expanding its technical implementation service across all ASFA members, regardless of their membership status. From July, access to ASFA InPractice's (AIP) co-design working groups will ...

Product showcase: A guaranteed future

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... won't run out are increasingly attractive to both financial advisers and their clients, and Allianz Retire+ head of technical services Justine Marquet has noticed a renewed urgency from advisers in the market for annuities. "What we're hearing ...

Fintech AUDC hires former UBS director, expands senior team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
... Asset Holdings, the tokenisation and crypto division of SBI and prior to that, five years as solutions architect and technical lead at the Singapore Stock Exchange. Before carving a career in fintech and digital assets, Beale was at UBS, climbing the ...

APRA warns super trustees over AI adoption

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... operational resilience. APRA noted boards are actively pursuing AI driven productivity and customer gains but often lack the technical expertise required to effectively challenge management and oversee associated risks. It also flagged an overreliance ...

Technical glitch hits Team Super investment switches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2026
Team Super members have been blocked from making online investment switches due to a "technical issue" stemming from a technology partner. Team Super confirmed to Financial Standard it is in the process of fixing the issue but did not specify which ...

Government aims to 're-make' NDIS, redirect funding to aged care

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026
... "This is a big change to the scheme - the details of which will be worked through carefully over coming months with a technical advisory group, members of the disability community and the states. "While new eligibility rules need to be worked through ...

Chalmers teases release of performance test reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2026
... Economic Reform Roundtable. Speaking at the ASFA Conference in November 2025, Chalmers said Treasury had established a technical working group which was working on possible changes and how to enact them. "That consultation will be really targeted with ...

ASX declares CHESS clearing services ready

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2026
... practices across the group. The panel conducted more than 140 stakeholder interviews, reviewed submissions and an expert technical report of the CHESS system, undertook international benchmarking, held focus groups with ASX staff and reviewed over 10,000 ...

Digital advice spurring demand for full personal advice: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... providers, it means demonstrating "ecosystem fit, governance maturity and clarity of operating philosophy, not simply technical sophistication". Advice businesses, meanwhile, can identify where digital can extend reach and improve economics without undermining ...