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Financial services failing to provide consistent outcomes: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... Insight Report, which accounts for the complaints received and processed in the first half of FY26, noted that financial services businesses have introduced sound frameworks but failed to provide consistent outcomes for vulnerable consumers. These included ...

Proposed CGT reforms could upend HNW low advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... population's vast pool of wealth estimated to be worth a whopping $4.4 trillion, yet only one quarter employ the services of a financial adviser, new research finds, but Labor's proposed tax reforms could change this. A survey conducted by the ...

ISS STOXX Sustainability names APAC head

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). ISS STOXX Sustainability provides climate data, analytics, and advisory services to help financial market participants understand, measure, and act on climate-related risks across all asset classes. ...

UniSuper pilots' digital estate planning partnership with Safewill

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... separately through fund nominations. The partnership comes as digital estate planning tools gain traction across the financial services sector amid growing focus on retirement preparedness and the intergenerational wealth transfer. Members with more ...

ASIC launches action against Equity Trustees for $65m First Guardian failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... and exercising its powers in relation to First Guardian; and failed to do all things necessary to ensure the financial services covered by its Australian financial services licence were provided efficiently, honestly and fairly. "This is the second action ...

Bell Financial launches Tandem Capital

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... investment offering aimed at advisers and their clients. The new business will provide advisers with access to margin lending services supported by dedicated account manages, while allowing clients to retain trading arrangements with their existing or ...

Vital Business Partners names chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... very excited to have him on board to take VBP forward," Jacobsen said. "Over the past few years, VBP has expanded its services and offerings to advice, accounting and mortgage broking businesses, and opened new offices in Cagayan De Oro, in the Philippines. ...

Oil price shock to hit consumers 'relatively quickly': RBA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... inflation in Australia. Indirectly, a rise in oil prices will impact the cost of producing and distributing goods and services. Domestically fuel accounts for around 2% to 2.5% of the cost of producing and distributing other goods and services in the ...

CALI calls for government to help fund CSLR

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... risk advice, CALI chief executive Christine Cupitt argued the CSLR levy should be spread across the broader financial services sector and the government, rather than saddling advisers with a "disproportionate" burden. "Risk advisers aren't a threat ...

ASIC furthers simplification with regulatory roadmaps

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... reform, promoting productivity. Heading into 2027, the focus will be on RegistryConnect to deliver streamlined digital services for company registrations. "We are deliberately prioritising initiatives that deliver the greatest benefit and are consulting ...