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APRA simplifies retirement data collection by trustees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
As part of its response to industry feedback on the proposed Retirement Reporting Framework, the prudential regulator has streamlined data requirements, ensuring transparency while reducing the excessive data collection burden. The framework is part ...

Macquarie-led consortium acquires SI Solutions

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in structural integrity engineering firm SI Solutions from private equity firm MidOcean Partners, alongside co-investors that include UniSuper. The transaction, which is expected ...

New law tightens foreign resident CGT rules on Australian property assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
New laws that toughen the rules around capital gains tax (CGT) to ensure foreign residents pay their fair share of tax on Australian real property have passed both houses of parliament. Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Accountability for Tax Adviser ...

Netwealth recruits AI expert to boost in-house advice tech

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
Netwealth has appointed data intelligence expert and technologist Silvio Giorgio as general manager of data and artificial intelligence (AI). An immediate focus for Giorgio will be to aggregate multiple sources of data for advisers, helping organise ...

First-mover costs stifle digital finance: report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
Despite Australia boasting the technology and institutional capabilities for digital finance, several factors, including high barriers to first-movers, are derailing growth. According to a report from BlockchainAPAC, which recently conducted a national ...

'Easy peasy, done': Senate rips Equity Trustees' checklist governance

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
A Senate committee tore into Equity Trustees' governance at a hearing today, with one senator calling its approach to onboarding Shield and First Guardian a "checklist model", a characterisation the trustee rejected. The committee revealed Equity ...

ASIC zeroes in on recurring compliance breaches

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
... checking, professional indemnity insurance and superannuation advice practices in an update released this week. The regulator has recently released new guidance for professional year candidates and supervisors while warning financial advice licensees ...

Court orders ASIC to preserve assets from doomed trust

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
The New South Wales Supreme Court has ordered ASIC to protect assets in the Deckchair Trust after an associated member sought to take sole control of the trust following winding-up orders. NSW accountant and former solicitor Christopher Edwards purportedly ...

Government backs Enhanced Regulatory Sandbox overhaul

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... licensing, supervision and innovation functions, providing participants with clearer regulatory pathways while helping the regulator build knowledge of emerging technologies and business models. On the significance of the reforms for Australia's ...

NSX to focus on dual listings over the next 12 months

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... companies by the end of 2027, where the appointments will also help uplift the material expectations laid down by the market regulator. "When we have the new service to trade ASX securities, it will provide diversity, lower costs for our customers, additional ...