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ASX to undergo 'circuit breaker' reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
The ASX has agreed to a package of reforms aimed at strengthening confidence in Australia's critical market infrastructure, providing certainty about the market operator's reset, and responding to the Interim Report released today by the panel of the ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
Experts have identified the megatrends that are likely to play out in financial markets in 2026. Speaking to Financial Standard, policy changes coming out of the US, sticky inflation and how the artificial intelligence (AI) boom progresses will be the ...

ASFA expands financial crime prevention framework for super trustees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has launched two new tools to help super trustees strengthen their fraud controls. The new features, dubbed the Scams and Fraud Toolkit and the Scams Policy Template, are now available and ...

1659 First Guardian, Shield complaints reach AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
The number of Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund-related complaints lodged with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has grown to 1659. AFCA said the latest figure represents the total as at December 3. AFCA did not provide ...

Benchmark report reveals crucial blind spots in whistleblower protections

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
In a report published today, ASIC has outlined several key trends among companies' whistleblower policies, and where they need to improve. Insights from the ASIC Whistleblower Questionnaire: July 2024 to June 2025 (REP 827) - which studied 134 companies ...

ASIC allows more forms to be lodged via email

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
As part of its regulatory simplification strategy, ASIC is making it possible to lodge 35 'paper-only' documents by email, including forms related to changes to responsible entities and managed investment schemes. The regulator said the move is designed ...

Rainmaker's John Dyall to retire

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
Rainmaker Information's long-serving head of investment research John Dyall will retire at year-end, closing out a career that has left a deep imprint on the Australian investment and advice sectors. Dyall joined Rainmaker in 2015, bringing more ...

Super funds continue to fail vulnerable members: UNSW

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
Despite holding a pool of more than $4.3 trillion in retirement savings, cracks are appearing in the superannuation system around engagement and support for vulnerable members, experts said. UNSW Business School associate professor Katja Hanewald observed ...

Super funds lagging RIC obligations: Pulse Check

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
ASIC and APRA have released the findings of the 2025 Pulse Check on retirement income covenant (RIC) implementation, painting a fairly dire picture of how super funds are understanding and meeting member needs. While the regulators said some improvements ...

Ditch cash, curb emotionally led investing: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
The opportunity costs of leaving cash in a savings account are too high as financial advisers can do more to help manage clients' emotional responses when it comes to taking higher risks with their money, a behavioural finance expert said. At the ...