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Performance test reforms to curb benchmark hugging: Treasury

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... also reflect structural changes in the markets. Treasury is also proposing to extend the test to more superannuation products. The test currently applies to some 560 products or 62% member benefits in APRA-regulated funds. Retirement products, for example ...

Cbus calls for mandatory insurance warnings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... government's superannuation advertising ban draft regulations. Cbus said it supports clear limitations on which superannuation products can be presented during onboarding, as well as the introduction of rules around the labelling, prominence and ...

Treasury proposes lead generator, super switching reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... only applies for advisers where they are offering products to existing clients or products other than superannuation products. Furthermore, changes to capture lead generators under conflicted remuneration ban is up for consideration. These are typically ...

Superannuation advertising ban consultation launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
Treasury has begun consulting on banning the advertising of superannuation products when onboarding employees, releasing its draft regulations. When hiring new staff, Treasury is proposing that employers only show three types of superannuation products ...

Advisers acquired 300k new clients in 2025: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... discussing their financial situation with others, financial literacy, and understanding investment and superannuation products. "Across several indicators, women assess their financial position less positively than men, including level of savings, ability ...

Reforms on super advertising, stapling enter parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
Potential reforms around the advertising and stapling of superannuation products during employee onboarding were introduced to the House of Representatives today. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill ...

Anti-hawking exemption for advisers a 'silly carve out': SCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... and lead generation, SCA drew attention to the collapsed First Guardian and Shield Master Fund. Where superannuation products are involved, SCA said lead generators generally exploit vulnerable people, undermine informed consent, drive the sale of unsuitable ...

Super Fierce goes into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Super Fierce, the digital advice platform that compares superannuation products, is now in liquidation three years after it launched. Trenna Probert and Craig Swanger, co-founders of Super Fierce, officially launched it on International Women's ...

HUB24 engulfs ClearView's remaining superannuation business

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... ClearView Retirement Plan had just $2.1 billion with 11,803 member accounts. ClearView has consolidated its superannuation products in recent years. On 19 May 2022, ClearView Superannuation and Roll-Overs and ClearView Pension Plan members transferred ...

The regulatory pendulum has swung too far: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... APRA's remit, including a long-awaited product modernisation framework for legacy funds management and superannuation products to "finally allow" companies to "close onerous and expensive legacy IT systems" without leaving their customers with "hefty ...
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