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Workplace mental ill-health can cost Australia $27bn: Report

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2026
... coordinated approach to action. "Road fatalities were considered inevitable until Australia introduced its first national road safety strategy in 1992, with sustained investment in evidence, education, infrastructure, and regulation. The result is a ...

FEATURE | Governance | Stumping up

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... than the cost ending up on the CSLR and being spread across the whole financial sector. The CSLR is an industry-funded safety net through which victims of financial misconduct can claim up to $150,000 of their losses. Financial Advice Association Australia ...

Fortnum pays $1.35m to settle ASIC lawsuit

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2026
... we apologise for the concern that this may have caused some of our clients. Our priority has always been and remains the safety of client assets and data and supporting advisers in maintaining robust safety standards," Fortnum Private Wealth chief executive ...

AMP, CFS and Vision Super get the Epic Retirement Tick

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... retirees. Funds must satisfy at least 14 out of the 20 criteria. "There were new criteria introduced this year assessing cyber-safety, as well as a complaints-handling metric and more detailed requirements around access to financial advice and education. ...

CALI outlines Life Code changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... to help during a claim; making it easier for First Nations peoples to find information and support; stronger privacy and safety protections for people experiencing family and domestic violence; clearer, more useful information about what customers are ...

Australian Ethical, Bloomberg join ASFA

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... while a single homeowner requires $1075. ASFA chief executive Mary Delahuntry said the Age Pension provided an essential safety net but was not intended to fund the retirement lifestyle many Australians aspire to. "It was never designed to fund the kind ...

Super turns a safety-net retirement into a comfortable one: ASFA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
A comfortable retirement for a couple who own their own home now costs $1513 a week, according to the latest Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Retirement Standard, which found that super remains key to comfortable retirement. For ...

RBA consults on settlement infrastructure following Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
... how RITS could support the deployment and growth of tokenised asset markets and tokenised private money, while promoting safety, efficiency and financial stability. It will also address the integration between existing and new forms of money, including ...

ASIC and APRA move to streamline FAR

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
... of the prudential regulator's broader effort to reduce unnecessary regulatory burden without compromising financial safety and stability. "These proposed changes maintain strong accountability settings while minimising reporting requirements and ...

FEATURE | Group insurance | Dusk to dawn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... of psychological therapy or "talk therapy" and it deserves a rightful place in the conversation and treatment pathways. Safety nets Unseen levels of mental-health claims in the group insurance industry stand tantamount to the crisis at hand. AIA Australia ...
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