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More advisers go self-licensed to avoid associative risks

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
An industry expert said financial advisers are increasingly moving towards a self-licensed model to gain better control of their business, while avoiding the risks of operating under large dealer groups. My Dealer Services (MDS) managing director Alex ...

'Shockproof' portfolios integrate geopolitical risks: CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
Investors must integrate geopolitical risks into their decision making and anticipate assets being repriced at a blistering rate, as a means to help "shockproof" portfolios, according to an investments chief. As uncertainty around geopolitical risks ...

Westpac fined $26m for financial hardship neglect

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
Major bank Westpac has copped a $26 million fine for neglecting customers facing financial hardship over a six-year period. The Federal Court found the bank failed 277 customers facing financial troubles by not providing a written response to their ...

Heightened cyber threats require greater accountability on governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... foundation. He said as Eightcap continues to scale, the business was outgrowing its legacy customer relationship management (CRM) system, which creates compliance risks in many ways. "We have many tools that the team had to use across sales and support ...

FAAA pushes for 'fundamental' changes to CSLR

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... for small businesses and should be limited to $20 million. Under the Enhancing member protections in the superannuation system consultation, the FAAA is opposing the proposed waiting period model for inter-fund superannuation switching, saying it already ...

MPC Markets partners with HeirWealth

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
MPC Markets has selected HeirWealth Atlas to power the portfolio reporting capabilities within its Mosaic client platform. The partnership will provide MPC Markets advisers with consolidated multi-asset reporting, automated branded review documents ...

Cbus pushes for lead generator ban

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
... targeting. Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok said the activity represented a growing threat to confidence in superannuation system and should be outlawed. "Compulsory superannuation is the envy of the world and utterly vital for everyday Australians ...

ATO sounds alarm as Payday Super deadline nears

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... July 1, warning businesses have just five weeks remaining to prepare for one of the biggest changes to the superannuation system in years. ATO deputy commissioner Emmer Rosenzweig said more than half of employees are still playing superannuation quarterly ...

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 ...

Platforms should be wary of cutting options: Experts

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... in Sydney, BT Financial Group chief executive Matt Rady noted the role of platforms as a core component of the financial system enabling efficient transition of capital, and it would be dangerous for platforms to shrink options too much. "The capital ...