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Treasury proposes lead generator, super switching reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... trustees, Treasury is planning potential changes that include imposing mandatory holding limits for certain investment options and tougher due diligence when onboarding a financial product to the platform. The initial due diligence would be focused on ...

Treasury opens CSLR funding, sustainability consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... Last Resort (CSLR) and the best way for the industry to fund it. Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino is seeking options on how the CSLR can remain sustainable and effective, floating reforms that will potentially change its structure and how ...

Prime Super tweaks fees across offerings

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... administration fees from June 1, across its accumulation and pension products. It will also raise investment fees across options. The super fund is introducing an administration cost of 0.015% per annum of super fund assets. This cost, it said, will ...

Calm urged as global markets look 'increasingly unstable'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... Iran conflict drags on, the greater the risk that central banks are forced to react negative supply shocks with "few good options available". "No central bank wants to relive the stagflation of the 1970s, yet that risk is becoming harder to dismiss. ...

CSC to increase TPD premiums for PSSap members by 43.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... is to be rolled out for AustralianSuper's insured members. On average, members within the AustralianSuper plan, Super Options and Personal Plan will pay 40% more for TPD cover from June 1. In FY25, AustralianSuper paid out $272.3 million across 2821 ...

APRA imposes additional licence conditions on Fiducian

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... additional licence conditions on Fiducian over concerns the super trustee failed to ensure proper oversight of the investment options made available to members on its platform. The step by the regulator follows a thematic review of Fiducian's investment ...

Capstone launches back office service for self-licensed advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... from setting up their AFSL to revenue management, compliance, research, Xplan, marketing and more, it said. It includes options for one-off services such as website development, marketing support or coaching services which are charged at an hourly rate. ...

Fidante shutters Ox Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... funds to investors." Fidante, which is also Ox Capital's Responsible Entity, subsequently said it considered various options but ultimately determined that it is in the best interests of unitholders to terminate the fund manager's two funds. ...

Hostplus weighs digital asset exposure for members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... platform to invest in digital assets. Through Choiceplus, members can tailor their super investments from an available set of options. Hostplus has confirmed that one such option that may be made available is digital assets, with Financial Standard understanding ...

Superannuation advertising ban consultation launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... product exception" will allow a person to advertise a MySuper product only, and not any broader features or Choice product options, even if these are available to a MySuper product holder within the fund. To qualify, amongst other conditions, the MySuper ...