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Digital assets framework bill passes, paves the way for consumer confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001, passed the Senate on Wednesday. It requires digital asset platforms (DAPs) and tokenised custody platforms (TCPs) to acquire AFSL and oblige with consumer protection requirements. The government ...

Women to drive tailored advice demand: State Street

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... time, engagement from Gen Z and millennial cohorts is rising sharply through superannuation mobile apps and digital platforms. The report found Australia showed strong bottom-up demand, with Gen Z app usage roughly sevenfold higher than five years ago ...

Hostplus weighs digital asset exposure for members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... Baker also highlighted the passing of the GENIOUS Act in the US which was brought to increase adoption of technology platforms like blockchain. "It's quite likely, and this was a view a number of years ago, that blockchain as an underlying technology ...

Akambo ventures into asset consulting, makes first hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... to institutional-quality portfolio capability while maintaining flexibility in how portfolios are implemented across platforms and client segments, it said. Vertex forms part of a broader investment ecosystem, combining independent asset consulting with ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... He will be replaced by Catherine Board, who has been with the fund for 17 years, most recently as director of overlay platforms. A handover period is in place until Fraser leaves. "In the highly competitive market for investment talent, the experience ...

Equip Super appoints acting chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... compliance, governance and company secretariat functions. She's previously held roles like executive manager, risk, platforms and investment at BT Financial Group, and head of regulatory strategy and affairs at MLC. It actually marks a return to Equip ...

AFCA names inaugural chief scams officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... national security. Lacey will lead the expansion of AFCA's jurisdiction to consider the role of banks, telcos and digital platforms in scam complaints, AFCA said. Congratulating Lacey on his appointment, AFCA chief executive and chief ombudsman David ...

HESTA announces another executive exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... set HESTA up for the years ahead," Blakey said. "He has worked tirelessly to help serve our members. The foundations, platforms and capabilities he has helped build have had an immense impact on our organisation and on the experience of our members. ...

Platform funds, mega funds to dominate: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... tri-partite relationship between trustee, adviser and member. The analysis also found that financial adviser-focused platforms hold 6% of the total super accounts, yet they are winning 42% of all retirement account flows. Mega funds, though, are attracting ...

Sequoia offloads InterPrac in $50k fire sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... prior to the Shield and First Guardian collapses. The adviser exodus and declining revenues, after being locked out of platforms like Macquarie, Colonial First State and Netwealth, are anticipated to reduce to nil within 12 months. "This has been accelerated ...