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FAAA pushes to expand NCA to financial advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... to only superannuation funds and life insurers. The reforms will help Australians access advice via their super fund. Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino said the measures will be subject to a review three years after commencement to evaluate the scope ...

SMSFA appoints head of professional standards

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... of members, regulators and the wider industry. The government is strengthening protections for the SMSF sector, with assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino recently announcing reform that would require mandatory trustee education prior to SMSF registration ...

Trustees, platforms, cyber risk under APRA spotlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2026
... APRA this financial year is investment governance with respect to valuation practices and platforms. This is part of assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino's newly announced reforms, by which APRA will be given greater oversight to ensure trustees have ...

APRA targets platform trustees, welcomes stronger powers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
... enable it to police new capital requirements for superannuation funds that offer higher-risk options Announced as part of assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino's package of reforms, APRA will be given greater oversight to ensure trustees have the financial ...

Mulino brings New Class of Advisers to life, guarantees fairer CSLR funding

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
Assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino will forge ahead with the New Class of Advisers (NCAs) as part of highly anticipated Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms and laid out a blueprint of how the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) ...

Netwealth posts record FUA as managed accounts top $30bn

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2026
... individual HIN solution in partnership with Finclear. It also introduced Nova, a client-facing generative AI virtual assistant designed to provide advisers with faster access to product and process information while directing more complex enquires to ...

HeirWealth launches AI integration

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026
HeirWealth has launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server allowing financial advisers, accountants and family offices to query consolidated client wealth data through artificial intelligence assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude. The Australian ...

IMF downgrades Australian outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
... forecast for Australia from 2% to 1.9% in its latest World Economic Outlook. This comes as Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor Sarah Hunter hinted to the Australian Conference of Economists another cash rate hike could be on the cards. ...

APRA names new deputy chairs

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026
... has welcomed the appointment of two new deputy chairs, with current board member Therese McCarthy Hockey and former assistant treasurer David Bradbury set to join the regulator's leadership. Treasurer Daniel Mulino appointed McCarthy Hockey and Bradbury ...

Treasury looks to reform regulation on consulting firms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
... unethical and unfair behaviour in recent years from some of our largest accounting, auditing and consulting firms," assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino said. In 2022, there were allegations PwC used confidential information in helping to design certain ...
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