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Equip Super launches new campaign with Supercars champion

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2026
Equip Super has welcomed supercars champion James Courtney as an ambassador to advocate early retirement planning for Australians. This comes as national research shows over half of the population doesn't have a formal financial plan. The research also ...

Capital Group expands into Middle East

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2026
Capital Group has secured a Financial Services Permission from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM, the international financial centre of Abu Dhabi, allowing it to expand into the Middle East. Capital Group said the approval authorises ...

Life CCC spots 10.6k breaches in FY26

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
... breaches and brought wider attention to problems affecting customers in the financial year. "Our work throughout the year saw us act on serious non-compliance and follow significant breaches through to remediation and corrective action. We considered ...

FAAA says super trustees should stump up for CSLR

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has called on Treasury to cut the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) special levy on the advice sector to zero and for superannuation trustees to stump up for the scheme. Treasury recently commenced ...

ASIC issues more stop orders amid private credit crackdown

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
... Constant said. "As foreshadowed in all our work in the private credit space, where ASIC identifies disclosure concerns, we will act swiftly to protect investors from potential harm and promote higher standards across the sector." ASIC said it will consider ...

Ellerston to shutter another Morphic fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2026
Morphic Asset Management has advised the Morphic Ethical Equities Fund, and the ASX, of its intention to terminate the investment management agreement. Morphic AM was integrated into Ellerston Capital in 2019 and has been the investment manager of the ...

ASIC sues another former Venture Egg adviser

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2026
ASIC has launched civil penalty proceedings against former financial adviser Osama Saad, alleging he participated in schemes designed to avoid conflicted remuneration laws and provided unsuitable advice that directed hundreds of clients' superannuation ...

ASIC appoints receivers to Star Investment Group

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2026
... Victoria. The regulator previously told the court there were reasonable grounds to suspect contraventions of the Corporations Act and ASIC Act. The September orders restrained Star Investment, Gondal Holdings and Ahmad from dealing with or dissipating ...

Macquarie completes audit review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2026
The Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank boards have completed a review of Macquarie's 2025 audit tender process, in the wake of the KPMG whistleblower scandal. The review, led by board governance and compliance committee chair Rebecca McGrath, considered ...

Channel Capital awarded mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2026
Channel Capital has announced its subsidiary Channel Investment Management (CIML) has been appointed Responsible Entity of the CBRE Australian Property Securities Fund. Established in February 1993, the fund is one of Australia's long-standing listed ...