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FSC ups expectations on platform trustees' governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... platforms. The Wrap Superannuation Platform Trustee Investment and Adviser Governance Principles: Standard and Better Practice Guidance has been developed in consultation with industry and is to commence July 1, with mandatory compliance from 1 January ...

Advice book valuations stagnate despite demand

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
Depending on the type of business they want to do, financial advisers looking to inorganically grow their client base will have to pay slightly more for a book now, but valuations have stalled overall, according to Radar Results. In its latest price ...

NGS Super awards mandate to Milliman FRM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... Milliman FRM provides full-service implementation manager services for superannuation funds. Milliman Australia's practice leader Victor Huang said: "We're leveraging our existing infrastructure and robust operating model to deliver an implementation ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... second reason is around value creation through active management. We obviously try to choose some of the best global practice managers we can identify, and they work directly with the companies and the assets to make improvements," Kumaru says. "And ...

Magellan shareholders say yes to Barrenjoey takeover

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... scale-back was implemented in accordance with the terms outlined in the SPP documentation and consistent with market practice. The approach taken sought to balance fairness and proportional participation across a large number of applicants," he said. ...

Foreign resident CGT rules up for consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... to Australia is consistent with principles outlined in the OECD Model Tax Convention, which guides international tax practice." The consultation will take submissions until April 24.

Strengthen Life Code for mental health crisis, claims handling: Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
The Life Insurance Code of Practice should be strengthened to reflect the growing mental health crisis, better support vulnerable customers and improve the claims-handling process. These are the key themes that emerged in the newly published Life Insurance ...

Super Consumers Australia raises concerns over Treasury reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
Super Consumers Australia has called for the government to focus on reforms that will actually protect people, warning against ineffective measures and those that will harm victims. It raised concerns over the proposal to remove the 'but for test' from ...

Div 296 requires fixing before finalisation: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... outlines sensible amendments that would improve fairness, reduce compliance friction and make the regime more workable in practice. "In our view, the proposed rules dealing with deceased members, actuarial certification and small fund attribution risk ...

Minchin Moore, Edney Ryan Wealth Management merge

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... exciting partnership for our clients, people and business." Minchin said it is now aiming to build a generational advice practice that provides continuity for clients across generations. Edney Ryan Wealth Management managing director Kate O'Brien ...