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Equity Trustees opts out of super trustee business

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... approximately $13 million in FY26. The strategic review of the super trustee business, responses to regulatory notices and compliance with ETSL license conditions is expected to cost the business approximately $4.7 million in legal and advisory costs ...

Capstone joins forces with PictureWealth to form $22bn FUA planning network

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
... arrangements. "The benefit for advisers and clients is access over time to the broader PictureWealth Group's technology, compliance, practice development and operational capabilities, while maintaining continuity in their existing relationships," ...

Perfect regulatory certainty in digital economy not 'realistic': ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
... reissue the no-action letter, including a couple of other scenarios and methods by which a firm can bring themselves into compliance," Bollen explained. Additionally, to further enhance and support ASIC's roadmap to regulating the digital economy ...

Aware Super reshapes governance team, appoints chief risk officer

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
... in integrity, commitment and collaboration," she said. As part of the transition, Aware Super will merge its risk, compliance and sustainability division with its legal and company secretariate function under a newly created governance structure. Jane ...

APRA opens consultation to governance reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
... "reflect contemporary best practice, establish clear benchmarks" with several proposed changes. APRA wants to streamline compliance by removing duplicative fit and proper reporting requirements, given that the Financial Accountability Regime is now in ...

Trustees lack death benefit claims uplift urgency: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
... trustees to account for member service failures continues to be one of our enforcement priorities. Where we identify non-compliance, we will consider the full range of regulatory tools available, including enforcement action," Constant warned. On a positive ...

Treasury releases adverse genetic test results ban draft regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... said, adding the exposure draft regulations will clarify on how the ban will operate and strengthen the framework for compliance and enforcement. The newly proposed draft regulation is also "strengthening compliance and enforcement by confirming that ...

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2026
... personal insurance through a plain-language chat interface. Further, recommendations are subject to all regulatory compliance that apply to human advisers, targeting to close the advice gap. Otivo said the launch comes as an alternative advice source ...

More advisers go self-licensed to avoid associative risks

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... risks of being associated with large advice groups, especially within those groups where there has been reputational compliance failure or instability. "Recent issues have sharpened that awareness considerably... Associative risk is now a real commercial ...

Cultural competency is not a box-ticking exercise: RIAA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... site. That risk was avoided by having traditional owners walk on site, which is a very practical example of a beyond-compliance approach," said Laura Osmetti, head community & social performance at Silva Capital. Kado Muir, chair of National Native Council ...