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HESTA follows Cbus on death benefit nomination changes

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
HESTA has introduced an option for members to make a non-lapsing binding death benefit nomination. Recently, Cbus also rolled out changes to fund's death benefit nominations, where it offered new non-lapsing binding death benefit nominations allowing ...

FEATURE: Cryptocurrency, control and confidence

VINNY VUCAGO  |  SATURDAY, 15 AUG 2026
... marketing and financial advice increasingly blur together. Abood admits there are "good influencers," but it's hard for a consumer to discern someone who provides good and information versus someone trying to make a quick buck. The distinction becomes ...

AI advice boom highlights urgent need for affordable advice: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2026
... are also telling us they really don't want to rely on AI alone. They want trusted sources of information, strong consumer safeguards, and access to human support and reassurance when making financial decisions that will affect their future." Nealy ...

ASIC warns investors over Yepbit platform

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2026
ASIC has warned investors against dealing with Yepbit and Yepbit Exchange after receiving reports customers have been unable to withdraw funds from the purported digital assets and futures trading platform. Yepbit claims to operate globally, including ...

Super funds should not be asked to fund the CSLR: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2026
... the CSLR to make the scheme "fundamentally unsustainable", reiterating the scheme should only pay compensation where a consumer's money is "genuinely gone". She also called for the sectors generating the losses to fund the compensation, instead of spreading ...

MAM, GIC partner to deliver Anthropic data centres at scale

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2026
... needed to interconnect the data centres, paid through increases to its monthly electricity charges. Data centres can raise consumer electricity prices through requiring costly new or upgraded infrastructure like transmission lines or substations. New ...

Super funds failing on death benefit comms: SCA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
... nomination with their super fund. "Again, funds are dropping the ball on customer service, and it is leading to real consumer harm. Reducing avoidable delays and uncertainty for grieving families is a no brainer," SCA chief executive Xavier O'Halloran ...

Life CCC unveils FY27 priorities

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
... and enforceable Code," the Life CCC said. "We will focus on commitments that are clear, measurable, and support good consumer outcomes while remaining practical for insurers to implement. "While we do not expect the revised Code to commence in 2026-27 ...

ASIC ramps up enforcement action

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
ASIC has delivered 150 administrative enforcement outcomes in 2025-26, including the removal or restriction of 87 individuals and businesses from providing financial services as the regulator intensifies action against misconduct across the financial ...

Bain Capital snaps up Gong cha in global growth push

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2026
... Capital has agreed to acquire bubble tea giant Gong cha Global from private equity firm TA Associates, adding another consumer brand to a growing list of acquisitions as the firm continues its global expansion. Financial terms for the acquisition were ...