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AMP North appoints head of strategic growth

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026
... strategic partners. Kirk brings more than 30 years of experience across the wealth management value chain, spanning platforms, superannuation, funds management and financial advice. Most recently, she has served as regional director of stockbroking and ...

T. Rowe Price scales fixed income ETF offering via acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026
... complement T. Rowe Price's active fixed income lineup across our intermediary, institutional, retirement, and wealth platforms." F/m has a suite of 20 ETFs across the fixed income landscape including treasuries, corporate bonds and municipal securities. ...

FS Power50 voting opens

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026
... communities, contribute to charitable initiatives, advocate for the value of financial advice and use media and digital platforms to improve financial literacy and awareness. Financial Standard and FS Advice, The Australian Journal of Financial Planning ...

First Guardian victims advance in case against InterPrac

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
... Recourse for many victims, however, has been long and tiresome while others who were part of the Netwealth and Macquarie platforms have been made whole. "Every additional month represents another month without retirement savings. Another month without ...

Trustees, platforms, cyber risk under APRA spotlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
Superannuation trustees, platforms and cyber resilience will be under more scrutiny in the 2027 financial year from the prudential regulator. APRA laid out its priorities in its newly published 2026-27 Corporate Plan, firing warning shots at trustees ...

Industry reacts to Mulino's sweeping reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
... recorded net outflows of $15.8 billion in the four quarters to March 2026, as members increasingly shifted money to platforms, which offer greater choice in how super is invested. HESTA chief executive said a members need the most guidance when they ...

APRA targets platform trustees, welcomes stronger powers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
... platform trustee segment. More pressing is APRA's upcoming consultation, scheduled for next month, which will shake up platforms' investment governance standards in a bid to reduce the likelihood of member harm. "The proposals directly address many of ...

Challenger lifts earnings fuelled by annuity sales

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... above target. Challenger said its retirement strategy had advance through new partnerships with superannuation funds, platforms and advice technology providers, aimed at making retirement income solutions more accessible. Offshore reinsurance annuity ...

Iress bets on AI as business transformation moves forward

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
... Standard. "The third stage is turning our minds to evolving our product sets across both business lines. AI and agentic platforms are such a pivotal development, and they'll be a big part of that evolution." The APAC wealth unit, which provides financial ...

Fiducian Group statutory profit falls 28%

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
... administration fees, which are getting closer to competing with industry fund fees and also against leading mainstream retail platforms that offer SMAs. Singh also clarified that, following the additional licence conditions imposed by APRA earlier this ...