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AMP, CFS and Vision Super get the Epic Retirement Tick

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... provide more meaningful support. ASIC's review, Report 818 From superficial to super engaged: Better practices for trustee retirement communications, found some trustees offer one-size-fits-all retirement communications aimed primarily at pre-retirees. ...

APRA flexes fresh powers, zeros in on trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a package of proposals to strengthen trustee investment governance and better protect members' retirement savings. APRA said the reforms are the next phase of its multi-year focus on ...

ASIC sets FY27 priorities straight

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
... said. For superannuation, ASIC will continue its multi-year review of member services while commencing new work examining trustee oversight of advice fee deductions and retirement. In financial markets, the regulator will focus on market integrity and ...

Longevity gap exposes retirement divide

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
Australian's life expectancy can vary by more than a decade depending on their socio-economic circumstances, highlighting significant differences in how long people may need their retirement savings to last, new research from Actuaries Institute found. ...

Perpetual names insto relationship, funds services lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
Perpetual Corporate Trust, the corporate trustee, custody and digital infrastructure services arm of Perpetual, has welcomed an executive to oversee its institutional relationships and managed funds services. Nigel Crampton has joined as head of sales ...

Antares Equities veteran resigns ahead of Janus Henderson takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
Antares Equities' portfolio manager and head of fundamentals will conclude a long-serving tenure at the firm and will not transition to its soon-to-be parent company Janus Henderson. John Guadagnuolo has been with Antares Equities for 18 years. ...

ASIC halts Remara's private credit products for TMD deficiencies

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
... Call Account - sit under the Remara Cash Management Fund, a registered managed investment scheme. ASIC hit Remara and its trustee Melbourne Securities Corporation (MSC) with the interim design distribution orders (DDO) stop orders for 21 days unless ...

FAAA flags gaps in discretionary trusts tax reforms, deficient framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
Under the proposed minimum tax on discretionary trust reforms, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) highlighted concerns over trustees potentially being forced to make "major and largely irreversible decisions" before the rules and guidance ...

Equity Trustees pushes bidders for better price

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... offer from both. EQT said the board concluded the offer price from both firms do not adequately reflect the value of the trustee. BGH Capital has offered to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares in EQT at a price of $24.75 per share. This is at a 20-cent ...

'Beyond warnings': ASIC to come down heavy on private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
The corporate regulator has urged the private credit sector to uplift standards, noting participants should prepare for enforcement action if they fail to do so. ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said the regulator is now "beyond warnings" and pushed ...
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