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Super funds get ahead of proposed minimum service standards: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... be embedded as levers to influence measurable member flows like early-stage intervention, consolidation completion and advice engagement and claim quality. "Regulators are sharpening their enforcement focus on member servicing and in response funds are ...

Future Fund makes two new appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... investment professional with over 30 years in institutional financial asset consulting and provision of institutional investment advice. She has extensive experience in various leadership roles at Frontier Advisors. Tindall has worked for over 35 years ...

North expands adviser support with new hire

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... to North's national sales team earlier this year, reflecting AMP broader push to strengthen its footprint across the advice sector. Goodwin said the newly created role will support advisers as it continues investing in platform capabilities and adviser ...

InterPrac targets First Guardian victim, disputes AFCA ruling

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... as an independent party, has thoroughly assessed Kee's case and made a conclusive determination that the financial advice was not appropriate. "For the other cases we're handling, there were many problems with the advice provided. In some cases ...

Iress names chief tech officer to lead AI transformation

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... from clients since stepping into the role and welcome the challenge of delivering a new AI-enabled era of Xplan to drive advice businesses forward," Wall said. "I'm confident we are well positioned to modernise at pace and deliver better outcomes for ...

Aware Super strengthens support for financial advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... support to financial advisers as it antes up the delivery of education with licensees and advisers, in a move to expand its advice relationships capability. To better focus on the initiative, the $235 billion super fund has created the role of senior ...

Sequoia delays dividend amid InterPrac sale uncertainty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... of the shares in InterPrac to Conquest would have meant the latter taking on all assets and liabilities of the troubled advice practice. InterPrac currently has a professional indemnity (PI) insurance policy worth $20 million covering the failures of ...

Adviser ban stretched to 2028 in ASIC deterrence win

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... Panel (FSCP) had made a registration prohibition order against Rogers after determining he inappropriately used a scaled advice model that excluded consideration of the suitability of establishing a SMSF and the suitability of the SMSF investing into ...

Former adviser jailed over $2m SMSF investment scheme

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... regulatory concerns around SMSF investors being targeted with high return investment schemes outside licensed financial advice channels, an area ASIC has repeatedly identified as a heightened enforcement priority.

ASIC to receive $10m in FY27 to improve MIS supervision

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... "It's also crucial that the government fast-track long-promised reforms to help Australians to get more safe guidance and advice from their own super fund - those tools are crucial to keep consumers safe from predatory social media clickbait ads ...