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Australia is 'laissez-faire' on eligibility for semi-liquid investments: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... facilitating applications or redemptions; in short, LITs are liquid and cannot be gated. "A positive of these structures is that, in poor market conditions, managers are not forced sellers of underlying assets to meet redemptions. Similarly, they are ...

Adviser reprimanded over clients' loss of cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... costing them their insurance coverage. The financial adviser was reprimanded this month, after they were found to have provided poor advice in August 2023. The adviser recommended two clients rollover their super balances to a new plan, failing to identify ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... failures akin to Shield and First Guardian, Treasury believes proposing to reform "ASIC's ability to detect and respond to poor governance and other scheme risks" will make a difference. "Whilst the minister, seemingly is going to prioritise resolving ...

FSC questions SMC's claim on younger members' super switches

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... a default fund on the recommendation of a financial adviser has necessarily been subject to predatory lead generation or poor advice, and the default funds making that claim do not hold the necessary data to substantiate those arguments," FSC said. FSC ...

'We've let our members down': Watson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... current trajectory of Australia's superannuation industry. "I get the feeling we are letting our members down in terms of poor service," Watson said. "Firstly, we've got the claims handling matters that have arisen with insurance claims not being paid ...

AFCA expands scam-related complaints, publication rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
... consider a firm's express refusal to comply, failure to respond or engage, repeated or unjustified delays and patterns of poor compliance behaviour. "Where publication occurs, AFCA publishes only limited information, such as the firm's name, industry ...

GQG's investment performance outpaces outflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... Ler said. Despite the positives, Ler said the outlook remains weak. "Relative performance over the short and medium term is poor, while the rate of net outflows has accelerated considerably in recent months. Accordingly, we still expect group earnings ...

Research reveals 'alarming spike' in super switching

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
New research from Super Members Council (SMC) has revealed an "alarming spike" in the number of Australians with very small super balances and no pre-existing advice relationship taking part in super switching. The SMC research said these small-balance ...

Platform cybersecurity, service quality now advisers' deciding factors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... security among their top three criteria when selecting a platform, reinforcing a more compliance-focused audience, while poor service was a driver in 50% of cases where advisers stopped using a platform. Investment Trends recalibrated its benchmark to ...

Trump hit by Supreme Court's 'body blow', strikes back with 15% global tariff

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
US President Donald Trump has raised the blanket universal tariff on US imports from 10% to 15% after the US Supreme Court struck down his Liberation Day policies, deeming them unlawful. The response by the President came within a day of him announcing ...