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UniSuper pilots' digital estate planning partnership with Safewill

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
UniSuper has partnered with online estate planning platform Safewill in a pilot program aimed at simplifying the Will creation process for members and improving awareness around estate planning and superannuation beneficiary nominations. Under the arrangement ...

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

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Equity Trustees Superannuation (ETSL), alleging failures in care, skill and diligence concerning the decision to allow members to invest in the First Guardian Master Fund. This ...

Emerging markets progress from consumption to innovation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
Emerging markets offer compelling opportunities beyond the booming middle class-consumption narrative, according to investment specialists, who said the asset class has other significant growth opportunities, such as innovation, despite political and ...

QIC Ventures helps raise $25m for defence tech company

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
QIC Ventures has led the $25 million raise for homegrown defence technology manufacturer Arkeus, which can detect targets eight times further than competitors. Arkeus is used by the Australian Army and US Department of Defense, also known as the US ...

ASIC flags disclosure flaws in first wave of mandatory climate reports

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has raised concerns over the use of misleading disclaimers, inconsistent climate risk disclosures and unclear reporting assumptions in the first round of mandatory sustainability reports lodged ...

Combating modern slavery difficult but not impossible: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
While it might be challenging to construct a truly modern-slavery-risk free investment portfolio, it is not impossible, a sustainability expert says, who will help wealth managers combat such risks at next week's Responsible Investment Association ...

InterPrac targets First Guardian victim, disputes AFCA ruling

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
InterPrac Financial Planning is taking action against a former client and victim of the First Guardian Master Fund collapse for an Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determination it is vehemently contesting. The new proceeding comes off ...

Law blocking abusers hiding super assets passes parliament

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
The government has passed landmark legislation allowing victim survivors of child sexual abuse to access the superannuation assets of convicted offenders who fail to pay court ordered compensation. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services ...

NZ Super 'accepts' court loss, updates policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... judgment released this morning, the High Court found: "The Guardian's policies fail to meet the basic requirements of the Act ( New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 ) so far as exclusion from the fund for alleged breach of human ...

Adviser ban stretched to 2028 in ASIC deterrence win

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
The Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) has prohibited Stephen Rogers from being registered as a financial adviser for another three years. Melbourne-based Stephen Rogers, a representative of United Global Capital, had been prohibited from registering ...