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Equity Trustees places superannuation arm under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... impacted by costs associated with the Shield and First Guardian matters. So far it has spent $1 million (net of insurance) on legal and advisory services to defend the action brought by ASIC in August last year and a further $1.1 million on improving ...

Most sought-after professionals revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... bring home around $240,000. Across Australia, financial services recorded the third-highest year-on-year salary growth, with legal (+9.7%) and business support (+7.2%) leading the market and banking and financial services (+3.2%) continuing to outpace ...

First half steady, net inflows positive for Fiducian

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... million in assets at the time of closure and delivered an annualised return of 7.62% p.a. over a nine-year period. "Our legal representatives have lodged a defence on behalf of Fiducian Investment Management Services Limited (FIMS) consistent with the ...

CFS to integrate estate planning services for members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... partnership with Safewill which will give almost one million CFS members access to an online Will creation service with legal review and digital estate planning services at no extra cost. CFS said the service addresses the two most cited barriers to ...

AustralianSuper calls for reform in pre-Budget submission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... make contributions to pension accounts; implementing the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms; creating a legal right for superannuation funds to nudge members towards better retirement outcomes; finalising and delivering the Best Practice ...

Legalsuper makes additions to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
The $7.5 billion fund added a chief operations officer position and welcomed a chief member officer. Legalsuper executive manager, business enablement and risk John Robinson has been promoted to chief operations officer. Robinson, who has more than ...

CBA updates on class actions, governance review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... action commences against Count Financial in August 2020 was dismissed by the Federal Court in May 2025, with the order for legal costs to be awarded to Count Financial. However, CBA said an appeal was lodged by the application and the matter will be ...

FIIG Securities fined $2.5m for lengthy cyber failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... annual basis. FIIG was ordered by the Federal Court to pay a penalty of $2.5 million as well as $500,000 towards ASIC's legal costs. FIIG must also engage an independent expert to undertake a compliance programme in relation to its cybersecurity measures ...

Challenger-led consortium bids for Pepper Money

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... in residential mortgages at the end of September 2025. Pepper Money signed a binding asset sale agreement to acquire the legal title to the loans and will be appointed as servicer of the portfolio.

Government consults on victim access to child sex abusers' super

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
After stagnating for several years, the government has released draft legislation to prevent convicted child sexual abusers from hiding their assets in superannuation to avoid compensating their victims. Identical to the January 2023 discussion paper ...