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FAAA pushes to expand NCA to financial advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said it will advocate strongly to expand the scope of the New Class of Advisers' to all financial advisers, which will currently be limited to only superannuation funds and life insurers. The reforms will ...

CSC tests waters on digital assets with Northern Trust

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC), the super fund for public servants and the defence force, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Northern Trust to advance digital investment infrastructure across institutional markets. The ...

CBA, Colonial First State settle class action for $249m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2026
... Colonial First State Investments (CFSI) and Avanteos Investments, have agreed to settle the long-running Interest Rates Class Action for $249 million but deny wrongdoing. The class action spearheaded by Slater & Gordon in 2018 alleges CBA and CFSIs breached ...

JANA launches private credit trust

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2026
... implementation. JANA head of debt Robert Moore said private credit has rewarded investors well, but the way investors access the asset class matters. In building the JANA Private Credit Trust, we considered the practical issues that can affect investor ...

Super-backed venture fund raises $1bn from global investors

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2026
... Rishi Dua said the super fund first backed Blackbird in 2015, when Australian venture capital was still an emerging asset class, and have partnered with them through every vintage since. "Over that time, the relationship has delivered strong outcomes ...

Federal Court confirms Netwealth's First Guardian failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
... investigating alleged misconduct relating to the Shield and First Guardian Master Funds. The First Guardian Diversified Class and Growth Class were made available to adviser-led members through Netwealth's Super Accelerator Plus product from March ...

Zurich completes ClearView takeover

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
... list from the close of trading on August 21. ClearView also provided an update on the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) class ruling relating to the tax treatment of the scheme and special dividend. The ATO has provided a draft ruling consistent with ...

Industry reacts to Mulino's sweeping reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
... broad. Industry superannuation funds have welcomed financial advice reforms announced yesterday, which would create a New Class of Adviser and let funds deliver low-cost advice to members in-house. Treasury said the new adviser regime would initially ...

How next gen infra is transforming diversification: Partners Group

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
Next generation infrastructure is emerging as an asset class that can provide excellent diversification in a portfolio, while catalysing support for further public-private incentives aligned with the government's climate targets, an expert said. Speaking ...

Mulino brings New Class of Advisers to life, guarantees fairer CSLR funding

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
Assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino will forge ahead with the New Class of Advisers (NCAs) as part of highly anticipated Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms and laid out a blueprint of how the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) ...