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Esencia seals third merger

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
... around 650 clients and four financial advisers into the business. The Shellharbour-based advice firm is Esencia Wealth's third merger this year as it continues its ambition of advising 10,000 clients nationally. Under the transaction, Cove Financial ...

Investors back active management

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
Australian investors are increasingly turning to active management and broader portfolio diversification as geopolitical uncertainty and market volatility reshape investment strategies according to new research from Schroders. The Schroders Global Investor ...

Stablecoins a key to instant access to global credit markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... conditions are met, the 'smart contract' carries out its terms automatically without the need of a bank, lawyer or any third party. "In a lending context, that means collateral can be posted, verified, and released entirely on-chain. This removes ...

Mercer Super fined $10.3m for reportable situations failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... Situations Regime)." Mercer Super will pay ASIC's costs of $1.2 million. "In addition, the penalty in respect of the third set of contraventions reinforces the need for financial services licensees to design and operate systems that are 'joined ...

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

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... checks of advice documents, insufficient focus on understanding the 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 ...

Payday Super to tackle gender super gap: Aware Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
Payday Super will help tackle the gender superannuation gap and significantly help women who have historically lost contributions via gaps created by quarterly payment cycles, according to Aware Super. The $245 billion super fund is ushering in the ...

ASIC sues three Keystone Asset Management directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... sufficient connection to the intended property development projects, ASIC found, including payments to related parties and third parties without the required prior approval of scheme members. Additionally, the directors did not abide to the "Shield Compliance ...

Generation Life confirms personal information leaked in cyber incident

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... "limited number" of individuals has been impacted. The business suffered a cyber incident that involved an unauthorised third-party accessing part of its system via an external service provider on 27 April 2026. It later confirmed the third party was ...

Operational changes anticipated for Payday Super: Rest

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... concerned about compliance obligations, while 35% citied additional administration requirements as a key challenge. Nearly one-third of employers already spend more than 11 hours each month managing superannuation obligations. Rest said employer feedback ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up direct private investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... allocated to private markets is becoming more active, with funds increasingly manage these exposures in-house than through third-party managers. The survey by Bain and Company covered 50% of addressable SWFs assets under management globally. While the ...