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Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... confidence, including preventing superannuation being identified as the solution to Australia's economic challenges," Financial Services Council chief executive Blake Briggs said. CPA Australia chief executive Chris Freeland commented Australians are ...

Mulino opens CSLR special levy consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... framework to allocate special levy costs," Mulino said. "The framework seeks to allocate levy costs to the financial services sub-sectors most closely connected to the losses giving rise to compensation claims, while limiting the risk that any single ...

Netwealth faces potential class action over First Guardian failure

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2026
... working to uplift platform trustees' investment governance under a new consultation as part of minster for financial services Daniel Mulino's reform package unveiled in August. "Superannuation trustees are a critical safeguard for Australians' ...

Sequoia plots potential restructure

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... market informed in accordance with its continuous disclosure obligations," Sequoia said. Sequoia operates in financial services, media, superannuation and professional services, including InterPrac, which the group is currently seeking a buyer for after ...

Australia's family offices surpass $323bn in assets

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... he added. "The findings reinforce the growing relevance of family offices for asset managers, advisers and financial services providers seeking to understand changing sources of investment capital."

UniSuper hires former TelstraSuper's head of retirement

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
... until he was promoted to his current role in September last year. Slade brings over 20 years' experience in financial services, beginning as a financial planner earlier in her career before taking on the role of team leader in financial education ...

MDS drags Treasury to assess FSC levy proposal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
My Dealer Services (MDS) has called on Treasury to assess the Financial Services Council's (FSC) latest proposal to lift levies paid by licensees to ASIC, which it describes as an "attack" on small licensees. MDS has written to the Treasury to intervene ...

Automic Group launches full-service fund admin, custody platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... investment philosophy. We have identified a high-quality business in one of Adventʼs key sectors: business and financial services. We are confident we can deliver significant value creation by applying our hands-on, in-market and global operational ...

WTW names head of corporate for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... corporate risk and broking across the region for more than a year. He brings a wide range of experience across the financial services industry, especially within insurance, across Australia and the US. Prior to WTW, he spent more than a decade in Chicago ...

Regulatory reform omnibus bill passage trims CSLR levy disallowance period, payouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... five sitting days in each House of Parliament. A new estimate for the FY27 CSLR levy has increased for the financial services sector to $198.1 million, a $60.7 million increase from its initial estimate announced in November 2025. A large portion of ...