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AMP, CFS and Vision Super get the Epic Retirement Tick

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... three new funds being retail funds. "Several more funds introduced a retirement bonus this year, but there was less innovation in terms of lifetime products. We're hoping to see more work in this space by next year." Last year, ASIC slammed super trustees ...

ASIC sets FY27 priorities straight

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
... advice fee deductions and retirement. In financial markets, the regulator will focus on market integrity and responsible innovation alongside efforts to support capital mobility, competitiveness and resilient market infrastructure. The banking sector ...

Bravura unveils APAC leaders, secures $100m for global push

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
... global expansion. The lending enables Bravura to pursue investment in the business and create greater capacity for innovation, HSBC said. HSBC Australia and New Zealand structured lending solutions director Ranga Ediriwickrama said the transaction reflects ...

VBP names inaugural chief growth officer

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
... VBP's position as an outsourcing partner to the advice profession. Kouimanis will also support product and service innovation, including the expansion of VBP's agentic AI and automation capabilities. He said VBP's focus on combining people and technology ...

Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... is tipped to hit 55% by 2065-66 but acknowledges that Australia's productivity performance will depend on adopting innovation, supporting investment, developing skills and delivering regulatory reforms that improve the efficient operation of the economy. ...

Treasury floats innovative businesses CGT concession draft laws

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... "These reforms will support the continued growth of Australia's start-up and venture capital ecosystem which is good for innovation, good for productivity and good for the economy," Treasurer Chalmers said. "They mean early investors in innovative start-ups ...

FEATURE | Digital advice | Interlocking the pieces

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
Amid a rapidly evolving regulatory space, and the need to keep pace with innovation, financial advice has been thrown into a dynamic environment that's always changing. As a result, the sector requires constant support to remain compliant and keep ...

First-mover costs stifle digital finance: report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
... ongoing initiatives, including the ongoing support from the government to overhaul the sandbox framework for financial innovation and the passage of the Digital Asset Framework Bill earlier this year, ASIC reiterated perfect regulatory certainty is not ...

Government backs Enhanced Regulatory Sandbox overhaul

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... underpinning the Enhanced Regulatory Sandbox (ERS) and replace it with a more flexible model designed to support financial innovation. The government has accepted all recommendations directed to it from an independent review of the ERS, while supporting ...

MAM acquires half of Aware Super's Victorian land registry stake

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... processing more than nine million transactions a year. It is tasked with modernisation of the technology and promoting innovation. "This transaction brings together two long-term infrastructure owners with a shared commitment to supporting SERV's continued ...