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Vanguard pays $40m in ESG antitrust lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... that claimed it, along with BlackRock and State Street, sought to damage the US coal industry through climate activism. The case was brought in late 2024 by 13 state attorneys general, led by Texas, alleging the three institutions engaged in cartel-like ...

Life insurer sanctioned for invalid access to customer information

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... That transparency is central to informed consent. "Operational changes must not compromise core compliance safeguards. This case highlights the need for strong oversight and monitoring, especially where manual steps are introduced." Having considered ...

AFCA expands C-suite with three hires

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has announced three new C-suite appointments. In two newly created roles, Deborah Jenkins has been appointed chief customer officer and Stevie-Ann Dovico has been appointed chief technology officer. ...

MLC completes full Retirement Boost rollout for advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... The program has also established a Centre of Excellence through which advisers can get access to expert technical insights, case studies, information and client support tools and calculators. Advisers can access a range of specialised resources, including ...

Platform cybersecurity, service quality now advisers' deciding factors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
A new report revealed an uplift in adviser expectations across functionality, service and security from their platform providers. The Investment Trends' 2025 Platform Competitive Analysis and Benchmarking Report reflected a more demanding assessment ...

Governance issues on the rise: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
In the six months from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, the corporate watchdog received 9686 reports of misconduct (ROMs), raising 13,036 issues, new data from ASIC shows. ASIC said the increase in ROMs was driven largely by corporate governance concerns ...

Aged care misinformation poses opportunity for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... business, your client base, and what you want to do if this is not where you want to be an expert," she said. If that is the case, Biti urged financial advisers to at least raise the issue with clients and "understand enough to know what looks right ...

Advisers at the forefront of elder financial abuse prevention

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... in domestic abuse situations. "It doesn't require loss of capacity to have elder abuse presence. It's not just a case of mum's sitting there and saying, 'I agree to all of this'. That could still be elder abuse," she said. "You have ...

SMSF advice requires specialist skills, professional judgement: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... said. Burgess said he was pleased to see ASIC highlight one positive example of an SMSF establishment in the report. "In this case, the client had several account-based pensions within the SMSF, different taxable and tax-free components while maintaining ...

ASIC fines Fundhost for misleading fund performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... fund, as a result showing the fund outperformed the index since its inception on 15 March 2021, when in fact this was not the case. The performance chart did not appear on Fundhost's website, but rather on Montgomery Investment Management's website ...