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Cbus pushes for lead generator ban

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026
Cbus Super has renewed calls for a ban on superannuation lead generation activity, warning sophisticated digital marketing tactics are increasingly being used to pressure Australians into switching retirement savings into higher risk and less regulated ...

AFCA appoints lead superannuation ombudsman

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... inconsistent application of hardship policies, missing or misleading customer communications, and continued enforcement activity against vulnerable consumers when it should have ceased. AFCA said the findings highlighted growing importance of operational ...

Charter Hall updates FY26 guidance amid strong insto appetite

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... institutional real estate mandate in April, following another $2.1 billion mandate secured in 1H FY26. Recent client activity has resulted in the addition of 25 new institutional investors to the platform over the last 18 months, including several institutions ...

Financial services failing to provide consistent outcomes: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... processes, misstatements and missing information on template communications, and the continued collection or enforcement activity when it "should have stopped". "In some cases, quality assurance processes did not identify where staff were not following ...

Macquarie shareholders question its climate change commitment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... to aligning its finances with the goal of net zero by 2050 and if so, how it plans to assess its fossil fuel financing activity for compliance. Shareholders have requested the resolution, coordinated by Market Forces, be included for consideration at ...

Investor demand for infrastructure asset mandates intensifies: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
A new analysis shows momentum in private market search activity for real assets, including infrastructure, remained strong among institutional investors in the first quarter of 2026, despite private markets slowdown. According to bfinance's Q1 2026 ...

Rest faces scrutiny over alleged super reporting error

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... reports to AUSTRAC where there are reasonable grounds to suspect identity issues or potential financial crime related activity On complaints handling, the spokesperson said responsibility for superannuation member complaints sits with ASIC, APRA and ...

Macquarie Asset Management earnings soar to $2.6bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... particularly in the Americas, Australian and New Zealand, as well as higher brokerage fee income from increased market activity. The asset management unit, which covers real assets, real estate, private credit and secondaries, reported total assets under ...

Bell Financial looks to diversify revenue, targets 'holistic' strategy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... in at $109.6 million, a rise of 36% from the previous year. BFG said performance was driven by strong trading and deal activity in the Markets division and continued growth in the Platforms division. Market division's NPAT rose by 423% in the first ...

Lead generation a 'conveyor belt of harm': Longo

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
Departing ASIC chair Joe Longo said the most effective way to tackle unscrupulous actors in lead generation activity would be to stop it at the source and ban all unlicensed communications. Speaking at the Financial Counselling Australia conference ...