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Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... income protection claims. For most Australians, any life cover they hold is usually through their superannuation fund account, which creates two distinct but "complementary" processes in a claim, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) says. In ...

APRA flags growing trustee complacency on retirement strategies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
APRA is concerned about a growing lack of urgency among superannuation trustees to develop and implement retirement income strategies. APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole, speaking at the Innovation in Retirement conference in Sydney, said the APRA-ASIC ...

Super risks continue as advice gets all clear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... digitise and rely heavily on third-party administrators, fraud and cyber risk remain critical vulnerabilities. "Weaknesses in account management, identity verification, and data change protocols can expose members to unauthorised access or fraudulent ...

ASIC targets potential vertical integration in managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
Stopping short of calling it vertically integrated, ASIC warns it aims to uncover any conflicts of interests in the managed accounts sector particularly as more AFSLs build in-house products. ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland said the managed accounts ...

Lonsec recruits sales head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... ready to deliver the next phase of growth and value for our clients." In February, Lonsec Group's research and managed account business was split into two business units - Lonsec Research and Ratings, and Evidentia Group. This followed the purchase ...

Early release of super for dental, IVF spikes in FY25

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
The amount being taken from superannuation accounts to pay for dental and IVF treatments increased significantly in the year to June 30. Fresh data released by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) today shows another spike in Aussies applying for early ...

Vanguard partners to launch core-satellite portfolios for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... aligned to client preferences and risk profiles, while benefitting from the practice efficiencies of a separately managed account structure." Evidentia Group chief investment strategist Nathan Lim echoed White's statement. "This unique collaboration ...

BUSSQ streamlines product offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
The $7.4 billion industry super fund has consolidated its accumulation products into one as part of a multi-year simplification strategy. BUSSQ has historically had two accumulation phase products for members in BUSSQ MySuper and Premium Choice. The ...

Equity Story to raise $3.5m to enter property sector

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Equity Story Group plans to raise up to $3.54 million through an entitlement offer to support the expansion of its funds management business, with a particular focus on entering the property sector. The stock market trading advice group will issue approximately ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... those bad apples should face consequences, Abood says it is actually those who set up the products that need to be held to account. "I don't think there's any doubt that that's where the blame is, right? They set up products that were fundamentally ...