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FAAA pushes to expand NCA to financial advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) said it will advocate strongly to expand the scope of the New Class of Advisers' to all financial advisers, which will currently be limited to only superannuation funds and life insurers. The reforms will ...

Pacific Current eyes return to active management

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
... retire debt. Interest income now covers corporate expenses more than three times over, our cost base is 41% lower, with scope for further material reduction in FY27 and we finished the year with $158m of cash. The task in FY27 is to put that capital ...

Australians struggle to navigate super and age pension divide

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... funds and government services, alongside progress on the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms to give funds greater scope to provide practical retirement guidance. Doyle said the system needed to do more of the work for Australians approaching ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... prohibitions on commissions, bonuses and volume-based payments," he told the National Press Club today. "We will review the scope of the New Class of Adviser in three years to determine how it is going and whether we should expand it further." The government ...

FEATURE: Cryptocurrency, control and confidence

VINNY VUCAGO  |  SATURDAY, 15 AUG 2026
... argues the barriers are structural. "Barriers like the cost of accessing an adviser outside of super, and limitations on the scope of advice that can be provided by super fund advisers, really get in the way of people getting the trustworthy information ...

Macquarie puts KPMG audit under formal review

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2026
... particular?" Stevens said. "We've asked for that work to be externally reviewed, and that will be done by Allens, and the scope of that work has been agreed in detail with Macquarie, so that we can have confidence that the scope was appropriate." ...

IFS recovers record $250m in unpaid super

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2026
... entitlements accrued up to 30 June 2026. As a result, a significant pool of historical unpaid super remains outside the scope of the reform and will continue to require active recovery efforts, IFS said. "Where employers carry legacy super arrears, there ...

Praemium reaches $78bn in FUA with HNW focus

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2026
... by strong underlying flows and positive market movement in Q4, while its non-custodial portfolio administration business, Scope+, also saw promising growth, as FUA grew to $43.9 billion - up 30.5% from the previous corresponding period - and portfolio ...

New 'high-risk' derivatives on the rise

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
An innovative financial product, known as perpetual futures contract (perps), are currently under the scope of the market regulator, spreading concerns that the "speculative" product may be unlawfully distributed towards retail investors. According ...

Swedish PE giant sweetens offer bid for Perpetual

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2026
... needed to see the board proceed given how deep value the stock has traded of late. "The EQT increased bid of 2% shows some scope for negotiation on EQT's part but remains broadly inclusive. It looks like a stronger bid or, alternatively, an interested ...
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