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APRA sharpens oversight, flags tech and geopolitical risks

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... risk concerns. APRA recently reinforced its expectations around AI governance and risk management in a letter to the industry. The report also highlighted growing international risk in private credit markets. While Australia's domestic private credit ...

HUB24 expands retirement options with TAL

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... to deliver more personalised advice, strengthening engagement and outcomes, and driving ongoing innovation across the industry," Lawrenson said. "Advisers need access to solutions that enhance productivity and simplify the delivery of complex advice. ...

ASIC launches action against Equity Trustees for $65m First Guardian failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... we believe ETSL acted in line with its fiduciary duties and obligations under the Corporations Act and Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act. We believe that First Guardian is primarily a case of alleged and widespread fraud, and that the focus should ...

Data, compliance key to successful technology-enabled advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... quality assurance throughout the process - from advice guidance to advice generation - or "audit in real time" is where the industry should be moving towards. As an example, Esler shared Padua has 15 compliance managers whose jobs changed drastically ...

CFS plots 'largest' retirement product expansion with new alliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... AMP Super and North platform, stated they are "pleased" to see uplifts like this across the retirement segment. "Our industry needed to step up to help Australians be confident about their retirement," AMP chief executive Blair Vernon said. "AMP has ...

CALI calls for government to help fund CSLR

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... all financial sub-sectors, including the superannuation sector, late last year, which received mixed reactions from the industry, including the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA). ...

SIAA focuses mission on building prosperity for investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... appointed to the top job last December. "Our purpose is to champion and advocate for a dynamic, inclusive and future-focused industry, empowering smart decisions by Australian investors. We've been very specific about every word that you see in that ...

ASIC furthers simplification with regulatory roadmaps

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... registrations. "We are deliberately prioritising initiatives that deliver the greatest benefit and are consulting openly with industry. I'd like to thank everyone who has contributed their insights, ideas, and time to improve our simplification agenda," ...

ASFA joins Finance Industry Council of Australia

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
The Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) has joined the Finance Industry Council of Australia (FICA), marking the first time the superannuation sector has formally been represented within the peak coordinating body for Australia's broader ...

Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... assets to improve efficiency, resiliency and functionality of financial markets. "Project Acacia revealed considerable industry interest in tokenisation and demonstrated the potential for tokenisation to materially improve the efficiency and functioning ...