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ART appoints two to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... chair of Data#3 and serves on the boards of Queensland Urban Utilities, CleanCo Queensland and the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Additionally, Grant Smith has been appointed, initially as an adviser to the board's Investment and Valuation Oversight Committees ...

Generation Life snags super fund's head of risk

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
Generation Life has named its chief risk officer, recruiting from Aware Super. Norlena Brouwer is joining the annuity provider as chief risk officer, after spending over a year as head of business risk and compliance for enablement, transformation and ...

AIOFP partners to launch adviser protection program

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) is partnering with DASH to provide financial advisers with a new white labelling capability for platform access. The Foundation Advisers Wrap will allow advisers to retain access ...

MUFG scores administration mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... pension, and defined benefit members using MUFG Retirement Solutions' methodology. MUFG said the approach prioritises service continuity, data integrity and operational resilience, which is said would ensure ElectricSuper members benefit from a secure ...

ATO sounds alarm as Payday Super deadline nears

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
The Australian Taxation Office has urged employers to act immediately ahead of the introduction of Payday Super on July 1, warning businesses have just five weeks remaining to prepare for one of the biggest changes to the superannuation system in years. ...

AFCA appoints lead superannuation ombudsman

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has appointed Paul Woodburn as its new lead ombudsman superannuation, succeeding Heather Gray, who had served as lead ombudsman superannuation since 2020. Woodburn commenced in the role on May 25 ...

ASIC backs Australia's fintech edge as AI reshapes financial services

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) believes Australia is well placed to capitalise on accelerating financial innovation, as artificial intelligence (AI), digital finance and regulatory technology become increasingly embed across ...

AMP new boss overhauls executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
AMP, under its new chief executive, has rejigged the leadership team that now includes the appointment of a new chief operating officer, and human resources and finance leads. Rob Jarrett was promoted to the role of chief operating officer in May, finishing ...

Financial services failing to provide consistent outcomes: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
Latest findings from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) show that despite frameworks existing for consumer hardship, weaknesses arise in how those policies were implemented in practice. The eighth edition of the Systemic Issues Insight ...

Proposed CGT reforms could upend HNW low advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
The high-net-worth (HNW) population's vast pool of wealth estimated to be worth a whopping $4.4 trillion, yet only one quarter employ the services of a financial adviser, new research finds, but Labor's proposed tax reforms could change this. ...