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APRA flags growing trustee complacency on retirement strategies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
APRA is concerned about a growing lack of urgency among superannuation trustees to develop and implement retirement income strategies. APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole, speaking at the Innovation in Retirement conference in Sydney, said the APRA-ASIC ...

Super risks continue as advice gets all clear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... systemic determinations were made this quarter, these themes remain central to preventing consumer detriment and sustaining trust in the advice sector," AFCA said. "They also align with ongoing regulatory priorities around quality of advice, product ...

ART names new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
Helen Rowell has been appointed the new chair of Australian Retirement Trust (ART) to replace outgoing chair Andrew Fraser. Rowell's term as chair will commence on 21 November 2025. Fraser announced his intention to retire as chair of the ART board ...

Vanguard partners to launch core-satellite portfolios for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Financial advisers will be able to access the combination of Vanguard's expertise in global index portfolio construction and Lonsec Investment Solutions investment management experience through a new core-satellite model portfolio offering. The Vanguard ...

Family trusts safe from reform for now: Mulino

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... part of its broader tax reform plans. According to Treasury, 1.7 million Australians received a collective $67 billion in trust distributions in 2024. In FY21, more than 10% of all Australians who completed a tax return reported trust income. Theories ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... in the same way that victims of Trio Capital were remediated. "Use of the ORFR to remediate member losses would reinforce trust in Australia's wealth management and superannuation industries, confirming the value of strong regulation and the mandate ...

BlackRock looks to add Bitcoin ETF to local suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... 'Trustee for iShares Bitcoin ETF' on the Australian Business Register. BlackRock currently runs the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF in the US, which houses over US$93 billion and has returned 82.67% since inception in January 2024. It has a 100% weighting ...

Integro appoints head of advice and growth

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
Integro Private Wealth has appointed Glen Mesch as head of advice and growth, as it scales its national presence by accelerating growth on the east coast. In the role, Mesch will head the expansion of Integro's professional partner network across the ...

ASIC targets funds over 'disappointing' retiree communications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... growth." The review observed good and poor practices from 12 participants, including: Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust, Aware Super, Brighter Super, BT Funds Management, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, HESTA, Hostplus, Legalsuper ...

Morningstar calls out platform TDPs' use of rebates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
Analysis by Morningstar calls out a significant number of platform trustee-directed products (TDPs) were able to pass the recent superannuation performance test by tweaking rebates. Morningstar's report Putting the performance test to the test shows ...