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Padua expands advice portal with AUSIEX partnership

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2026
Padua Solutions has expanded its Padua Advice Portal, naming AUSIEX as its exclusive broking partner as the advice technology provider looks to streamline advice generation, implementation and compliance for financial advisers. The partnership integrates ...

ASIC ramps up action against SMSF auditors

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
... repeated failures to lodge annual statements. One of those registrations was later reinstated after the auditor sought a review. Approved SMSF auditors are registered under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993, with ASIC and the ATO jointly ...

Dexus completes $2bn divestment program

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
... demonstrate and unlock value." Settlement is subject to customary conditions including approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board. Dexus said around 67% of the sale proceeds will be received at settlement. With the remaining 33% deferred for 30 ...

LRBA ban raises questions as new details emerge

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
... acknowledged is around three years old," Tate said. "The policy was designed around an incomplete picture and supposedly a review conducted well over a decade ago." Meanwhile, it also highlighted that residential SMSF lending is written at an average ...

Special Feature: Beyond safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
... redundancy, and regular testing of our business continuity plans." Hill says offshore operations have become a particular area of review for funds. "It's not so much about the level of service, or the oversight model - it's more about the geopolitical ...

Advisers lean on AQF7 to meet education standards: Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... out, while the approved-qualification cohort is the durable base," the report said. Additionally, since ASIC commenced its review of the Financial Advisers Register (FAR) in February, 132 individuals were identified as not having any qualifications or ...

ASIC bans former NextGen Financial Group directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... owned by Beacon Financial Group, was an AFCA member from November 2018 to November 2024. Both men have the right to seek a review of ASIC's decisions through the Administrative Review Tribunal.

ASIC simplifies guidance to improve capital raising activity

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... valuation information in Investor Education Reports (IER), and fact checking of draft IER by corporate advisory teams. The review of RG 264 forms part of its response to feedback received from the discussion paper released in 2025. "In response, we are ...

FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... available to investors through platforms. While Treasury notes in its Enhancing member protections in the superannuation system review the poor conduct in the collapse involved an "interconnected chain of entities," including lead generators and financial ...

KPMG finds new chief executive

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... integrity issues and build a stronger, more accountable firm," Ebeid said. The government has also opened consultation on a review of corporate whistleblowing laws in Australia to ensure they are working to effectively protect whistleblowers. The consultation ...