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Industry reacts to Mulino's sweeping reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
From the advice sector to super funds, reactions to the sweeping reforms announced by the minister for financial services Daniel Mulino have been broad. Industry superannuation funds have welcomed financial advice reforms announced yesterday, which ...

HESTA appoints new heads of risk and finance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
... HESTA said. The role reports directly to chief financial officer Natalie Kelly. O'Sullivan will join HESTA from Rest Super, where he has served as chief financial officer since January 2024, leading the fund's financial reporting, regulatory ...

APRA targets platform trustees, welcomes stronger powers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026
... meet their obligations under the proposed compensation scheme. This is in lockstep with Mulino empowering ASIC to direct super trustees to commence remediation where an investment option fails and there is "reasonable suspicion" a trustee has breached ...

Australians struggle to navigate super and age pension divide

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... were unsure the steps they needed to take to prepare for life after work, while 61% supported greater integration between super funds and Centrelink to simplify access to the Age Pension. The findings come as 2.7 million Australians ages 65 and over ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
Assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino will forge ahead with the New Class of Advisers (NCAs) as part of highly anticipated Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms and laid out a blueprint of how the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) ...

Mulino unveils sweeping reforms to cold calling, MISs

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
The government will enforce sweeping reforms around cold calling, predatory superannuation switching and managed investment schemes (MISs) in the wake of the Shield and First Guardian Master Fund collapses, which lost an estimated $1 billion in retirement ...

Former NZ Super investment head lands chief executive role

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
The former head of investments at the Guardians of New Zealand Super Fund - who left in November 2025 after a 14-year stint - has secured the top job at a national organisation. After almost a year since his departure from NZ Super, Hishaam Mirza is ...

Global investment manager bids for Equity Trustees

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... adviser and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer as legal adviser by EQT. Notably, Equity Trustees recently withdrew from providing super trusteeship, announcing it was winding down its subsidiary Equity Trustees Superannuation Limited in June, following two ...

HUB24 loans $78m to HTFS, beefs up ORFR reserves

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... conditions. The loan comes off the back of APRA hitting Equity Trustees' subsidiary HTFS, the trustee for the HUB24 Super Fund, with additional licence conditions May, concerned about weak, ill-defined and inconsistent investment option selection ...

Super funds show unpreparedness on Payday Super

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
Since the commencement of Payday Super, super funds have improved their implementation but improvement is required based on the findings from a payroll provider during the transition. SuperAPI, a payroll reg-tech infrastructure provider, revealed how ...
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