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APRA targets platform trustees, welcomes stronger powers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
... assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino's package of reforms, APRA will be given greater oversight to ensure trustees have the financial capacity to meet their obligations under the proposed compensation scheme. This is in lockstep with Mulino empowering ASIC ...

Australians struggle to navigate super and age pension divide

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... they believe their employer is thinking beyond the immediate." The report also reveals shifting expectations around financial wellbeing, with 84% of Australians believing that employers should provide access to free or subsidised financial advice. Rest ...

Mulino brings New Class of Advisers to life, guarantees fairer CSLR funding

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... Daniel Mulino will forge ahead with the New Class of Advisers (NCAs) as part of highly anticipated Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms and laid out a blueprint of how the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) will be fairer for financial ...

Mulino unveils sweeping reforms to cold calling, MISs

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... estimated $1 billion in retirement savings and will subsequently bestow the three major regulators new powers. Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino announced three core reforms, one of which will stem "harmful lead generation" that largely emanates ...

Munro Partners to acquire GSFM

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... a deal designed to strengthen its local distribution capabilities. Under the proposed transaction, Toronto based CI Financial, the parent company of CI GAM, will receive an increased minority ownership interest in Munro. Munro currently manages $8.6 ...

Global investment manager bids for Equity Trustees

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... with its advisers, will evaluate the proposal and will update shareholders in due course. UBS has been appointed as financial adviser and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer as legal adviser by EQT. Notably, Equity Trustees recently withdrew from providing ...

Asset management tops salaries in product management, marketing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... as marketing and communications, the latest Parity Consulting Salary Guide and Market Insights reveals. For the 2026 financial year, employers in the asset and wealth management sector can pay between $10,000 and $20,000 more than those in the banking ...

AIA Australia reveals stark gender divide in IP claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... occurring between the ages of 45 and 49. AIA Australia chief executive and managing director Damien Mu recently told Financial Standard a top priority for the sector is to nut out how TPD and income protection can be redesigned around recovery and return-to-work ...

HUB24 loans $78m to HTFS, beefs up ORFR reserves

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... HUB24 has advanced $77.5 million to HTFS Nominees, the trustee of its superannuation fund, to beef up Operational Risk Financial Requirement (ORFR) reserves following APRA's imposition of licence conditions. The loan comes off the back of APRA hitting ...

Viridian launches national broking business

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
Viridian Financial Group has launched Viridian Lending, bringing the mortgage broking operations under a single national brand as the group seeks to strengthen links between brokers and financial advisers. The launch completes the integration of the ...