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First Guardian victims advance in case against InterPrac

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
... Complaints Authority (AFCA), in a holding account with the Federal Court. Melinda Kee lost $380,000 of her retirement savings when she invested it in First Guardian, prompted by the now-defunct lead generator Aus Super Compare. For Kee's portion ...

ASIC draws parallels between ASX and super trustee failures

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
... communications. Critically, she added, trustees must use their data to identify risks early and safeguard members' retirement savings and their confidence. "Because from what we're seeing, and despite all of our warnings, some trustees are still using ...

Federal Court confirms Netwealth's First Guardian failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
... Mulino's reform package unveiled this week. "Superannuation trustees are a critical safeguard for Australians' retirement savings and must undertake rigorous due diligence before making investment options available to members," Court said. "In this case ...

Industry reacts to Mulino's sweeping reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
... to be safe and reliable," Schroder said. "We welcome minister Mulino's proposals to protect people's retirement savings and look forward to the legislation coming to Parliament." Australian Retirement Trust chief executive Kathy Vincent added ...

HESTA appoints new heads of risk and finance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
... on his appointment, Haviland added: "It's a privilege to be joining HESTA to help protect and grow the retirement savings of its members. I'm looking forward to bringing my experience managing risk to help continue to improve enterprise performance ...

Mulino unveils sweeping reforms to cold calling, MISs

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... (MISs) in the wake of the Shield and First Guardian Master Fund collapses, which lost an estimated $1 billion in retirement savings and will subsequently bestow the three major regulators new powers. Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino announced ...

Allianz Retire+ channels super directly to lifetime income

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... Allianz said AGILE Super+ provides advisers with "income bandwidth" by allocating a portion of their clients' retirement savings to a future guaranteed income stream while maintaining flexibility across the remainder of their portfolio creating a future ...

FEATURE: Cryptocurrency, control and confidence

VINNY VUCAGO  |  SATURDAY, 15 AUG 2026
... well beyond cryptocurrency itself. Is this the emergence of a generation taking unprecedented ownership of its retirement savings, or evidence that an expanding advice gap is pushing younger Australians towards increasingly complex and concentrated investment ...

ASFA defends super as 'policy success' amid Bragg criticism

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2026
... that I need to discuss with colleagues," he said. Compulsory super has also generated more than $1 trillion in household savings that would not otherwise exist, with Treasury estimating it has lifted national saving by around 3% of GDP. ASFA said around ...

Women lead in voluntary contributions: Rest

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2026
... Van Veen said the findings presented an opportunity for members to take a more considered approach to their retirement savings. "The start of a new financial year is a great opportunity to think about the steps you can take over the next 12 months to ...