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Cbus agrees to pay $23.5m fine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... brought against it by ASIC in relation to delayed death benefit payments to members. A Cbus spokesperson told Financial Standard the super fund co-operated with the regulator throughout the legal process and has agreed to pay compensation to impacted ...

Crown Wealth director banned for two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
ASIC has banned another former Crown Wealth Group staffer from working in the financial services industry for showing incompetence in addressing fees-for-no-service (FFNS) misconduct. Brendan Rodwell, who was the director of Crown Wealth Group, was ...

Unclaimed super pot hits $19bn: ATO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... the opposition Ted O'Brien said. "The Coalition stands ready to support worthy reform - we always have - but, as is standard practice for a bill with such wide-ranging impacts... we are asking the government to reconsider its rushed implementation ...

Morningstar DBRS expands into regional Australia

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... Australia and New Zealand, as well as the head of relationship management for APAC at Moody's Ratings. She also tenured with Standard and Poor as the director of financial services ratings and occupied senior positions in corporate banking and debt markets ...

Government's rush to implement Payday Super is 'reckless': Coalition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... across the country," O'Brien argued. "The Coalition stands ready to support worthy reform - we always have - but, as is standard practice for a bill with such wide-ranging impacts... we are asking the government to reconsider its rushed implementation ...

APRA tackles 'weak demand' for longevity products in second consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
APRA has launched a second round of consultations on the capital framework for longevity products in a bid to tackle the "weak demand" for such products including annuities. The prudential regulator has released several proposals in the next stage of ...

UGC auditor 'comprehensively failed', registration stripped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
The man responsible for auditing United Global Capital and its two managed funds has had his company auditor registration torn up after he was found to have 'continuously failed to undertake basic audit work' that could have saved millions in SMSF investors' ...

US pension funds move against James Hardie chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... any potential associated exposure draft rule changes are expected to be published in the first half of 2026. Financial Standard is owned by ISS Market Intelligence, which is part of ISS STOXX.

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... framework, according to experts, who warn that an entrenched system requires an urgent shakeup. Speaking to Financial Standard, Akambo managing director Joe Akiki has warned that financial advice firms without a sound governance framework will be prone ...

APRA updates governance framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has provided an update on its consultation to modernise the prudential framework on governance for superannuation trustees, banks and insurers. In March, APRA proposed eight measures to update its ...