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Geoff Lloyd to lead Perpetual wealth spin-off

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... Group, and iExtend. Lloyd has also been involved in non-profit work, serving as chair of the University of Technology Sydney Law School Advisory Board, UTS's inaugural Philanthropy Board, and The Fathering Project. Commenting on the recently acquired ...

Entireti taps AI to centralise advice data

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
Entireti is partnering with global financial technology firm Communify to build a digital platform which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to centralise data for its advisers and clients. Entireti's ERA platform will gather, analyse and organise data ...

Treasury opens Div 296 tax regulation consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
Treasury has laid out its proposed taxation regulations surrounding the new Division 296 superannuation tax and is seeking industry feedback. In its next step since the passage of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) ...

Sequoia advances InterPrac takeover talks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... compensate the client, saying Macquarie's decision to remediate the client was an acknowledgement that it had breached the law. It also said the client should lodge a further claim for compensation with the trustee of Macquarie Super Fund.

Treasury proposes advice education standard reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... financial advice fundamentals. The proposed list of financial concepts study includes aged care advice, estate planning and estate law, accounting, banking and investments. "The current curriculum has 223 topics and learning outcomes across 11 subjects ...

AFCA expands scam-related complaints, publication rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
... representatives took effect. Under new rule B.6.5(a), where a paid representative is not an AFCA member but is required by law or their licence to hold an AFCA membership, AFCA said it may cease handling the complaint. In potentially excluding a paid ...

Digital assets don't need new regulatory logic: ASIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... legally the technology is incompatible with existing regulatory frameworks rests on an overly narrow understanding of financial law. To regulate digital assets, Bollen noted, services can be mapped onto the current layered framework. While some regulations ...

Division 296 legislation passes, LISTO to increase

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
The controversial Division 296 superannuation tax has passed through both houses and will take effect from July 1, alongside changes to the Low-Income Superannuation Tax Offset. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the passage of the Treasury Laws Amendment ...

ASIC has 'strong appetite' to hold boards to account

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... Chambers Westgarth partner Andrew Lumsden said the extensive 500-page judgement sends a clear message that corporate governance law is increasingly concerned not simply with the decisions boards make, but with the systems through which information and ...

Interprac sues AFCA over Shield determination

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... compensate the client, saying Macquarie's decision to remediate the client was an acknowledgement that it had breached the law. It also said the client should lodge a further claim for compensation with the trustee of Macquarie Super Fund. AFCA determined ...