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Treasury consults on foreign investment framework reforms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... necessary, effective and fit for purpose over time. Treasury is seeking feedback from investors and stakeholders on conditions that may be ineffective, duplicate other regulatory requirements and need modernising. "Some historical conditions may no longer ...

Former NZ Super investment head lands chief executive role

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2026
... Zealand's capital markets. "The board sincerely thanks Graham for his steady hand in leading the business since the beginning of May." Mirza said he is looking forward to leading the bourse for further growth. "NZX is a highly trusted and well-run ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... 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 criteria. HUB24 said the capital received ...

HESTA follows Cbus on death benefit nomination changes

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... effective October 16. This follows research by Super Consumers Australia (SCA) which found at least 15.5 million Australians may not have a binding death benefit nomination. The Your Say on Super survey showed two-thirds of Australians have not been ...

Allianz Retire+ channels super directly to lifetime income

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... offering is the automatic inclusion of the Age Pension+ feature upon meeting a Relevant Condition of Release. AGILE Super+ may assist eligible retirees in optimising Age Pension entitlements through favourable assets test treatment, while continuing ...

New investment governance provider for AFSL launches

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
... advisers to conduct due diligence by giving them a framework that is risk based. "Depending on what the scoring out of that may be, it would be escalated to their investment committee or a third party like us to do the research." The firm can also provide ...

Fiducian Group statutory profit falls 28%

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
... and the onboarding of franchised offices that demonstrate a strong cultural fit with its existing network. "We believe we may have one of the highest supervisory managements to financial adviser ratios in Australia; while this comes at a cost, we consider ...

CFS launches pension bonus

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2026
... solutions offering eligible members a one-off payment when moving from accumulation into retirement. As previously mentioned in May, the CFS Pension Bonus is available to eligible FirstChoice members transferring into a new FirstChoice Wholesale Pension ...

FEATURE: Cryptocurrency, control and confidence

VINNY VUCAGO  |  SATURDAY, 15 AUG 2026
... says, noting that a lot of ads play on people's fears that they could be missing out. Furthermore, financial pressure may only amplify that vulnerability, potentially prompting people to take on unnecessary risks. For many younger Australians, cryptocurrency ...

Antares winds up Ex-20 Aussie equities fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2026
... is in investors' best interests," MLC Investments said. The fund had about $29.5 million in total assets at the end of May. The fund was invested in Australian equities outside the largest 20 locally listed companies by market capitalisation, as ...