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ASFA publishes new service standards on claims handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
ASFA has released a new ASFA Service Standard - Claims Handling in Superannuation: Insurance and Health Related Claims, which it said is a significant step forward in improving member outcomes. ASFA said the new standard was made to guide superannuation ...

CSLR releases revised levy estimate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) has released a FY26 revised levy estimate, coming down slightly from the figure estimated in January. The CSLR said the need for a revised estimate was triggered due to the initial levy estimate, issued ...

ASIC targets advisers, platforms, research houses in super switching scams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
ASIC warns it will take a deeper dive into the roles that financial advisers, superannuation platforms and research houses are playing in members being pushed into high-risk investment schemes. The corporate regulator is closely looking at the entire ...

Lack of confidence in US equities brings investors back home

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Geopolitical tensions and US trade policy uncertainty have continued to dampen investor sentiment, with many shifting their attention to Australian equities, new research found. According to Investment Trends' 2025 First Half Australia Online Investing ...

BUSSQ's boardroom brass cleared, CFMEU spend deemed sound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
Queensland-based industry super fund BUSSQ, which has ties to the scandal-plagued Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining, and Energy Union (CFMEU) through its board, emerged largely unscathed from an independent report by KPMG. BUSSQ was hit with ...

APRA expects 'no cutting corners' with CPS230

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
APRA is warning superannuation funds "not to cut corners" when in it comes to getting their operational risk management in order as the landmark prudential standard CPS 230 comes into effect today. CPS 230 Operational Risk Management effectively forces ...

Finance news foretells stock market volatility: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
Daily financial news can better predict stock market volatility and deliver more accurate signals about risk than backward-looking macroeconomic data, a new study suggests. University of Auckland finance lecturer Justin J. Case and Queensland University ...

RBA powers deemed 'last resort' for critical financial infrastructure fallout

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has released a consultation paper on the proposed draft guidance for the Australian Clearing and Settlement (CS) Facility Resolution Regime. The RBA was provided with "crisis resolution powers" in response to a threat ...

APRA dissects retirement products for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
More than 200 retirement products managing $490 billion in members' retirement savings have come under the watchful eye of prudential regulator APRA for the first time. APRA's latest statistics for the March 2025 period breaks down the state ...

Super Fierce goes into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Super Fierce, the digital advice platform that compares superannuation products, is now in liquidation three years after it launched. Trenna Probert and Craig Swanger, co-founders of Super Fierce, officially launched it on International Women's ...