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Sequoia boasts of 'good governance' despite ASIC action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... call for remediation for those clients invested in Shield and First Guardian to be paid out of super funds' operational risk financial requirement (ORFR) reserves. ASIC has levelled several serious allegations at InterPrac in its case filing, including ...

Cbus launches Age Pension campaign

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... Research spotlighted that Services Australia does not offer backpay, therefore members who delay applying for Age Pension risk losing tens of thousands in income. Of the survey respondents, only 36% of Cbus members approaching retirement feel they have ...

Why risk advice is on the verge of collapse: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
The challenges around risk advice have forced many advisers to abandon the sector. With greater complexity and a dwindling number of specialists, experts fear the risk market may cease to exist, the FAAA Congress 2025 has heard. There are currently ...

FAAA launches digital client identification tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... to AUSTRAC, the new laws expand its regulation into new industries that are recognised domestically and globally as "high-risk for criminal exploitation." "Next year is going to be huge for AML/CTF. From July, lawyers, accountants, real estate agents ...

Delaying reforms to YFYS test, RG97 costing members: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... while greater investment in these asset classes would drive improved returns, the fact the performance test doesn't measure risk-adjusted returns, only how closely returns track a benchmark, would work against super funds. The Australian Investment Council ...

Resilience more important than growth: Arndt

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... leverage or concentration. "Resilience has emerged as the new black, and it starts with mindset. It's not about avoiding risk; it's about absorbing shocks, adapting quickly, and compounding steadily." Arndt said resilience is key for the Future Fund ...

Human biases call for simpler retirement framework: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
Financial advisers need to tackle inherent behavioural bias in members and build simpler frameworks to improve retirement outcomes, according to research by Industry Fund Services (IFS). The whitepaper, published in collaboration with Challenger, identified ...

RBA says it can 'afford to be patient' on rate decisions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... interest rates. "Members observed that many indicators of the labour market had softened over the prior year. They noted the risk that employment growth in the market sector remains soft, which could occur if the uncertain economic outlook reduces firms' ...

Future Fund rethinks portfolio amid 'greater uncertainty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... mandate. A key outcome has been a prime focus on achieving portfolio resilience," Future Fund said. "With the increasing risk of more frequent and more intense novel shocks likely to occur across global economies, and social and environmental systems ...

Betashares expands platform offering with JPMAM partnership

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... Portfolio (J.GROW) - will be added to the platform. While the first strategy aims to deliver consistent income with a medium risk profile, the second is designed for long-term capital growth through diversified exposure. The new portfolios will be automatically ...