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ASIC pushes to bolster competitiveness

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... protecting investors. However, the report found some of these developments could introduce pockets of heightened concentration risk at a business- and economic-level through the use of external service providers and could amplify retail risks in gamified ...

Super the backbone of stressed financial ecosystem: APRA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has unveiled key findings from its inaugural system risk stress test (SRST), highlighting the resilience and stability of the financial market depends heavily on the superannuation sector. The SRST ...

Advice fee spike raises super concerns: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
A $1.1 billion surge in advice fees deducted from Australians' superannuation accounts over the past two years has prompted fresh calls for stronger consumer protections. This comes amid concerns younger members are being switched into higher cost ...

Mercer Super fined $10.3m for reportable situations failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... period, being 1 October 2021 and 30 September 2024. One key limitation of Mercer's incident system was its governance, risk and compliance (GRC) database, where incidents were recorded, assessed and tracked, lacked the functionality to identify when ...

ASIC calls out platform trustees: 'Clear breach of trust'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... advice licensees' and if they use lead generators or third-party referral sources along with inadequate monitoring of key risk indicators such as member churn, patterns in fees, holding limits and unusual fund flows. APRA wrote to trustees in in October ...

ASIC sues three Keystone Asset Management directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... was transferred to related entities without basic safeguards, exposing thousands of Australians to significant financial risk," ASIC chair Sarah Court said. "These proceedings are about holding those we allege to be involved to account and sending a ...

Corruption, governance risks: The cost of doing business in emerging markets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... alignment with shareholder interests. As a result, valuation discipline becomes critical as investors must factor governance risk directly into what they are willing to pay. J. P. Morgan Asset Management Asia head of investment specialists for emerging ...

FSC links active super choices to stronger retirement outcomes

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... "Choice is a spectrum, and it's important that consumers have access to products that can be tailored to their individual risk appetite and retirement goals," Reardon said.

BUSSQ beefs up cyber security oversight

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... fund has welcomed a cyber security expert to its board of trustees, bolstering its oversight on heightened cyber security risk. Matthew Rowan has joined the board as a director; he has been an expert committee member since August 2023, providing independent ...

ASX to focus on pattern of problematic behaviour in listed entities

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... providing investors exposure to private credit. ASX Supervision group executive Lucinda McCann said: "Our engagement will be risk-based, visible and transparent and so we're letting companies know what we will be focusing on and how we will respond where ...