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Shadow Minister for Financial Services Pat Conaghan resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
Shadow Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Pat Conaghan has resigned from the shadow ministry, effective immediately. Conaghan has been very outspoke on the collapse of Shield and First Guardian and a vocal critic of ASIC's handling of ...

Netwealth's APRA-mandated governance overhaul underway

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... in the practices and regulatory changes. It also said the First Guardian compensation payments remain on track to be in member accounts by 30 January 2026, with positive feedback from stakeholders on its resolution approach. APRA highlighted the need ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... Greenland, but "it has of course not made the decision any more difficult to make." Akademiker Pension administers some 44,000 member accounts on behalf of Greenland's pension fund, SISA. In an interview with Bloomberg, SISA Pension's chief executive ...

The revolving door of opportunities for advisers in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
The new year opens a window of opportunities for financial advisers amid a volatile global market and growing geopolitical tensions. One of the major opportunities in 2026 that is tipped to garner huge demand for financial advice is retirement. "There ...

Improvised super tax poses unfair, inequitable outcomes: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... reflect the amount of insurance proceeds received. "Similar situations can also arise following the death of an insured member in the fund. That is, the proceeds of a life insurance policy owned by the trustee(s) of the fund, which are allocated to the ...

HUB24 advances HTFS Nominees takeover, FUA hits $152bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
HUB24 is in the process of acquiring of one of EQT Holdings' trustee business, HTFS Nominees, as the platform reports a bump in funds under administration (FUA) to $152.3 billion. HTFS Nominees became trustee of HUB24 Super in 2020, replacing Diversa ...

EQT stands firm on defence, blames ASIC, third parties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... administrator Dash, administrator DDH Graham and investment consultant for NQ Super Atchison, saying they all contributed to member losses other than ETSL. Interprac Financial Planning and Venture Egg were also mentioned. In EQT's eyes, losses to members ...

Commonwealth Super anticipates advice take-off

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... the cost of financial advice is out of reach, Gee said the Super Specialist program can be an ideal channel to see if a member truly requires the bespoke service. "We saw 3500 members [through the Super Specialist program] last financial year, we expect ...

NGS Super appoints Robeco to manage two new mandates

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
NGS Super has appointed Robeco to manage a Government Bond Sustainable Enhanced Indexing mandate and an Emerging Markets Enhanced Indexing mandate. Specialising in quantitative and sustainable investing, Robeco is experienced in offering enhanced indexing ...

Australian Ethical FUM dips on negative performance

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... year. On the superannuation side, we've seen changes to our digital marketing capability delivering an increase in new member joins in Q2, and with the completion of our transition to GROW, we are realising cost efficiencies and can focus on uplifting ...