APRA stress test identifies super influence
The inaugural APRA System Risk Stress Test has identified how a small number of large super funds have outsized influence.
1 July 2026
Zurich said the portal can now automatically import all quote and customer details when an adviser requests a sum insured change.
AMP’s North platform has cut new ground via a partnership with estateXchange aimed at facilitating the handling of deceased estates.
New research from SMC has renewed calls for Aussies to check their super as many remain unaware that payday super comes into effect today.
HLB Mann Judd’s Andrew Buchan said sweeping superannuation and tax changes have made this EOFY one of the most important in recent years.
BlackRock is claiming vindication for its assessment that the US$ would retain its safe-haven status despite recent volatility.
The latest commentary from T. Rowe Price has pointed to a strengthening manufacturing cycle amid expectations of rising US Treasury market volatility.
Nuveen CIO Anders Persson said maturing AI boom and growing dispersion in private credit demands investors to be more selective.
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ASIC’s new REP 833 has placed financial advisers at the centre of its concerns around super switching along with the fees being charged.
Sequoia Financial Group’s continuing legal engagement with ASIC has seen it announce a further deferral of its dividend payment date.
Younger Aussies are just as mistrustful of social media as older Aussies for retirement info but are still more likely to still use it, says ASFA.
In a strong attack on a key regulator, the ACTU has accused APRA of having failed to do its job and leaving tough action to ASIC.
The Super Members Council has sought to ramp up pressure for the implementation of DBFO in the face of member losses to platforms/SMSFs.
One of Australia’s largest super funds, Mercer Super, has been hit with $10m in Federal Court penalties over systemic reporting failures.
Euroz Hartleys is positioned to become a pure wealth management play when it completes the sale of Capital Markets business to BMO.
History could teach Australian policymakers lessons on managing the data centre boom, taking notes from the early 2000s LNG boom says HSBC.
ClearBridge Investments has used its mid-year outlook to make the case for non-US equities citing improving earnings and conditions.
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