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Insurance premiums to drop for HESTA members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
The cost of insurance for most HESTA members is dropping across all cover types by an average of 12%. From July 1, members will pay less for the same level of death, total and permanent disability (TPD), and income protection cover. On average, the ...

Atlas Arteria rejects 'exploitative' IFM takeover bid

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... operator said each independent director will reject IFM's offer and told shareholders to simply ignore all correspondence from them. The bid was launched by Diamond Infraco 1, a wholly owned subsidiary of the IFM Global Infrastructure Fund, which already ...

Adviser-client relationships eroded by AI: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... advisers often feel offended when their clients use AI to obtain a second opinion and become less motivated to work with them. The research, conducted by the Monash Business School, in collaboration with MUMA College of Business at the University of ...

Budget to overhaul negative gearing, CGT discount, family trusts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Reports suggest the government is planning to curb negative gearing, overhaul the capital gains tax discount and impose new tax rules on family trusts when Treasurer Jim Chalmers hands down the Federal Budget next week. While nothing has been confirmed ...

Super funds score win on stamp duty disclosure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... must disclose the value of individual assets by issuer or counterparty even when there is only a single transaction with them. There was concern this may risk confidentiality, distort super funds' investment decisions, and incentivise outsourcing of ...

Cbus members to see 46% increase in insurance fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... insurers, claims are rising and so are costs, but Cbus members know if they make a claim in a time of need, we will be there for them." Cbus said over the course of three years, it has paid out more than $1.1 billion, including 96% of TPD claims and ...

NEOS, TAL honoured at Life Insurance Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
... difference in their day-to-day businesses," he said. "Everything we do is centred on making adviser's lives easy - helping them spend less time on administration and more time with their clients." Meantime, TAL received the 2026 Life Insurance Award ...

M&A is not a 'scattergun' approach: AZ NGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
Since completing its first-ever deal over a decade ago, AZ NGA has completed more than 200 transactions but each of them carries the same purpose to scaling the advice platform, which isn't a "scattergun" approach, AZ NGA group chief executive Paul ...

Australia's economic growth lays far beyond capitals

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
... realised each city has their own unique story and they're booming for very different reasons. It's unique that none of them are similar to the other, which is quite interesting," he said. "If we use the example like Perth, which is a huge resource-driven ...

Betashares debuts Australia's first space ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
Betashares has launched Australia's first space industry ETF, expected to list on the ASX on May 12 with a ticker code of RCKT. The ETF will expose investors to a portfolio of 30 global companies operating in the space value chain, including satellite ...