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ASIC makes 'first-of-its-kind' exemption to broaden digital asset access

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... exemption is AUDM issued by Catena Digital. Catena Digital was granted an AFSL about two months ago when it launched the Australian dollar-denominated stablecoin. According to ASIC Corporations (Stablecoin Distribution Exemption) Instrument 2025/631 ...

Retirement expectations of young Australians surge

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
Vanguard's third annual How Australia Retires report offers thorough insights into how Australians are planning for their retirement. Surveying 1800 Australians aged 18 and above, the findings indicate critical disparities in financial literacy ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... infrastructure, according to HLB Mann Judd partner Kapil Kukreja. In recent times, there have been several cyberattacks on Australian organisations, with superannuation funds increasingly targeted given the mounting honey pot of retirement savings they ...

RBA's Hauser warns super funds of $1tn FX risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... foreign currency exposure, which he said is tipped to reach $1 trillion in value over the next decade. Hauser noted Australian super funds are investing an "ever-increasing" amount overseas. "Australian retirement savings are the fourth largest in the ...

Australian investors undeterred by global market turbulence

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... the APAC region despite volatility. Examining responses from over 6, 500 investors, findings indicated that 57% of Australian investors have increased their cash savings, 53% have increased their investments and 47% have increased their contributions ...

ASIC appoints new chair, deputy chair and members to MDP

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
ASIC has appointed a new chair, deputy chair and three new members to its Market Disciplinary Panel (MDP), replacing five members who are set to retire. Victoria Weekes has been appointed chair of the MDP, taking over the reigns from Simon Gray after ...

Former staffer sues ASX, Lofthouse over bullying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... warnings over market outages. According to the concise statement filed in the Federal Court, seen and reported by the Australian Financial Review, Halstead is accusing Lofthouse of being "frequently passive-aggressive and belittling in her demeanour". ...

Zenith names portfolio solutions lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... ratings house in October 2012 and was promoted to head of income and multi-asset, and thereafter led multi-asset and Australian fixed income. Yap replaces Steven Tang, who was in the role for more than six years and finished up a 17- year career at Zenith. ...

Cbus vows faster death benefit payouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
After being caned by ASIC for making beneficiaries wait for more than 90 days to receive a death benefit, Cbus is vowing to pay them faster. Where members have not nominated a beneficiary, Cbus said benefit payments will be paid to the surviving current ...

Another industry body urges Division 296 reconsideration

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... accepted tax orthodoxy and principle, and the government should amend the bill accordingly. "A fundamental tenet of Australian tax law is that income and gains should only be taxed once they've been earned or realised," Chen said. "This measure would ...