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UK influencers fined over promotion of unauthorised forex scheme

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... charges of issuing unauthorised financial promotions. It followed a years-long investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which culminated in charges being laid in 2024. The seven were former The Only Way Is Essex cast members Lauren Goodger ...

Super assets reach $4.5tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its Quarterly Superannuation Performance report for the December 2025 quarter, showing total superannuation assets have hit $4.5 trillion. Total superannuation assets increased by 0.8% ...

AFCA receives record complaints in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) received a record number of complaints in 2025, with 111,373 complaints filed in the 12 months to December 31 - up 14% from 2024. Since its establishment, AFCA has received more than 634,000 complaints. ...

SMSF advice guidelines require improvement: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has vented its frustration over ASIC's recommendations for financial advisers around self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF), claiming some suggestions were not "done well at all." In INFO SHEET ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... investment officer and a deputy CIO. Pradheesh Salvarajah has taken on a role as investment manager at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the emirate's US$1 trillion sovereign wealth fund. He spent eight years at Future Fund, mostly covering alternatives. ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of Qld securities dealer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... institutional investors. In 2023, Pulse Markets was required to compensate a complainant to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) for almost $130,000 after offering risky investment products that were only available to wholesale investors ...

Super moves: Top super funds lose key risk executives

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... practice. However, he is best known for his 17 years as head of investment risk at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). There, he led the specialist team providing guidance on investment risk, asset-liability mismatch, and liquidity ...

ESSSuper welcomes new board chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... Fitzpatrick became president and chair in February 2016, with ESSSuper saying that since she "brought deep expertise and calm authority to a period of sustained change" for the fund. "Joan has led the ESSSuper board with wisdom, integrity and unwavering ...

Deadline approaches for Shield, First Guardian victims

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... roughly 11,000 Australians who invested in the two schemes have lodged complaints with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), ASIC said. The losses equate to more than $1 billion. With the deadline for some investors to file a complaint ...

Aware Super appoints fixed income specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... global fixed income team, global head of dealing, transitions and exposure management, and head of front office design authority. Across those roles, he led global teams based in Sydney and London, overseeing complex portfolio, trading and transformation ...