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LRBA ban raises questions as new details emerge

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
New data indicates the impact of the limited resources borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) ban for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) may have been underestimated, which will affect a market significantly larger than what officials suggested, with major implications ...

Special Feature: Beyond Safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
Bigger funds demand bigger capabilities. As Australia's super sector moves towards the trillion-dollar era, custodians are stepping out of the shadows and into a more strategic role, with data stewardship, private markets expertise and AI capability ...

Fight between SMC and FSC on super rages on

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
The Super Members Council (SMC) has called out the Financial Services Council (FSC) on making selective claims about performance and costs of 'platform' super funds compared with performance-tested mainstream MySuper funds. A latest research by FSC ...

FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... through platforms. While Treasury notes in its Enhancing member protections in the superannuation system review the poor conduct in the collapse involved an "interconnected chain of entities," including lead generators and financial advisers along with ...

Rest calls for better alignment in default options

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
Rest conducted a survey addressing concerns around the ambiguity of standardised investment options and product labels. As a result, the industry fund is now calling for the government to strengthen alignment within the industry. The survey collected ...

ASX to rejig corporate governance framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... recommendations to the ASX board by the end of the year. Written submissions close on September 14, while ASX and the AGCG will conduct a national roadshow in August to gather stakeholder feedback. "The principles only do their job if they're lived ...

ASIC boasts $830m record civil penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... announced between June and December 2025. "We are pursuing cases that expose serious failures in systems, governance and conduct, from scams and hardship failures to market infrastructure, superannuation, private credit, financial reporting, and digital ...

New 'high-risk' derivatives on the rise

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... derivatives, including perps, will generally require an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). "ASIC takes unlicensed conduct seriously and where it identifies serious misconduct it won't hesitate to take further action." ASIC said it will continue ...

FSCP bans adviser over client advice failures

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... impact in two clients' retirement savings justified a registration prohibition order. The FSCP, which considers adviser conduct matters referred by ASIC has the power to impose registration sanctions under the Corporations Act. Its decision has been ...

Super funds fail customer service test: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
Superannuation funds are apathetic, dismissive and continue to fail members at the most basic service level, a new investigation from Super Consumers Australia (SCA) reveals, which slapped the industry with an overall failing grade on customer satisfaction. ...
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