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InterPrac targets First Guardian victim, disputes AFCA ruling

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... cases, the financial adviser never even spoke to the client. In other cases, investments were made without the client's consent. There's just no accountability," Blurton added. In a statement to Financial Standard, Kee said: "Victims are no longer ...

Clime Investment offloads SMA business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
... products and some managed funds for about $7.7 million to an unnamed party. The cash transaction is subject to platform consent, due diligence and completed documentation. "Commercial terms are agreed. These transactions represent further progress in ...

Treasury proposes lead generator, super switching reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... broad-based ban on non-consumer initiated real-time contact and to "tighten the conditions that must be met for a consumer to consent to contact, and to add additional protections to ensure the consumer is aware of what they are consenting to". It also ...

Genetic testing laws pass parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... that insurance unaffordable. "The ban will not prevent individuals from volunteering genetic test results with written consent, and the use of these volunteered results in underwriting where this would not adversely impact the insurance offer or policy ...

Janus Henderson says Victory deal could leave it 'gravely damaged'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
... value," Janus Henderson said. Janus Henderson said it is highly unlikely for it to be able to get the required 75% client consent for the transaction to close. "The special committee has received feedback from key Janus Henderson clients indicating they ...

Cbus calls for tax reform on TPD payouts in pre-Budget submission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... expand the definition of hawking to cover digital lead generation and targeted online marketing, require explicit informed consent before member data is used or transferred for super related purposes and ban adviser referral payments to lead generators." ...

Life insurer sanctioned for invalid access to customer information

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... years. According to the committee, the unnamed insurer collected medical information during underwriting without obtaining consent between March 2020 and March 2024 using the prescribed authority wording as required under clause 4.10 of the Life Insurance ...

Victory Capital makes 'best-of-both-worlds' offer for Janus Henderson

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... offer with Trian, including no financing outs, full specific performance protection for Janus Henderson, a lower client consent closing condition, a lower termination fee, and no requirement for Janus Henderson to make a payment to Victory Capital if ...

HNWs, retirees key battlegrounds for platforms: SuitabilityHub

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... Expand's AI-enabled document processing, for example, extracts advice fee data from uploaded documents to pre-populate consent forms. The model is regularly trained to process a growing range of documents, from firm-specific client service agreements ...

ASIC imposes licence conditions on Cambridge Mercantile

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
ASIC has imposed additional conditions on the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Cambridge Mercantile's local branch, following ongoing compliance failures in its foreign exchange derivatives business. The Corpay subsidiary misclassified ...
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