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Cbus confirms independent review into board member

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... members. It also found the fund's processes for determining the propriety of board directors are lacking. Under Commonwealth law, directors on the boards of super funds must always satisfy a 'fit and proper persons test' to ensure they have ...

Aged care misinformation poses opportunity for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
Financial advisers can bridge the gap in aged care advice, according to an expert, who says that too many elderly people are suffering from the confusion and misinformation surrounding the new aged care reforms. Louise Biti, director of Aged Care Steps ...

Advisers at the forefront of elder financial abuse prevention

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
Often on the frontlines of dealing with an ageing client base, financial advisers have the obligation to identify, safeguard and respond to elder and financial abuse. This is according to Pitcher Partners client director of estate planning Anna Hacker ...

SMSF advice guidelines require improvement: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... informed decisions." She also stressed that an individual may be well educated in a "completely different field" to finance, law or anything related to the experience required for SMSF. They might also be entering at a point when they are having kids ...

Looming Div 296 tax prompts urgent tax, retirement planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
With the Division 296 superannuation tax soon becoming a reality, members with large sums of wealth must consider their tax planning and retirement strategies and act with urgency, according to an SMSF expert. At the SMSFA National Conference this morning ...

ASIC reviews lead generators again, names advisers using them

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... mislead consumers, utilise high pressure tactics or provide financial services without a licence will risk contravening the law. Licensed persons or entities that engage the services of lead generators acting in this way, share this risk," the regulator ...

CFS to integrate estate planning services for members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... members can create a legally valid Will using a simple online process, with each submission reviewed by Safewill's affiliate law firm. Members can also organise and store important documents in a secure digital vault that their nominated beneficiaries ...

Division 296 bill tabled, suggested reforms fall on 'deaf ears'

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
Although the tabling of the super tax bill was largely supported by the industry, the SMSF Association (SMSFA) remains concerned about the likelihood of "unintended" consequences. Yesterday, Treasurer Jim Chalmers introduced the Treasury Laws Amendment ...

Another MWL Financial Services adviser banned

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... deemed high risk. Finding McPherson to be not fit, not proper and not competent, and likely to contravene financial services law again, ASIC imposed a four-year ban. McPherson is prevented from providing financial services, controlling an entity that ...

Treasury to reform managed investment scheme governance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... changes that include providing ASIC with limited powers to alter a scheme's constitution to ensure it complies with the law. However, in light of the Shield and First Guardian failures, whereby some 11,000 people invested over $1 billion, Treasury ...