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IFM looks offshore for renewable lending opportunities

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
Australia is losing out to the global market and increasingly to Asia when it comes to renewables lending from one of the country's biggest fund managers, with IFM Investors executive director and co-head of APAC diversified credit Hiran Wanigasekera ...

ASX to defend legal action brought by shareholder

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
... vehicle, is a minority shareholder of the ASX. Rosherville filed an application relief under section 241 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) seeking to file a statement of claim (Interim Application), and a separate application for leave to commence a ...

Two in three Aussies support super top-up for carers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2026
Two in three Australians support a government-funded superannuation top-up for people who take time out of paid work to care for children or other family members, according to new research. Conducted by YouGov for Australian Retirement Trust (ART) with ...

Volatility drives buying across AUSIEX platform

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2026
... Hill said investors remained active as uncertainty weighed on markets. "September's market weakness encouraged investors to act rather than retreat. The ASX 200 fell 3.1% across the month, yet periods of heightened uncertainty produced some of the strongest ...

UniSuper says Firmus float was 'priced to perfection'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2026
UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce said the $175 billion super fund decided to not take part in the Firmus float, describing the neo-cloud company as "priced to perfection", before the initial public offering (IPO) was abandoned today. Firmus ...

Equip Super launches new campaign with Supercars champion

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2026
Equip Super has welcomed supercars champion James Courtney as an ambassador to advocate early retirement planning for Australians. This comes as national research shows over half of the population doesn't have a formal financial plan. The research also ...

Capital Group expands into Middle East

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2026
Capital Group has secured a Financial Services Permission from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM, the international financial centre of Abu Dhabi, allowing it to expand into the Middle East. Capital Group said the approval authorises ...

Life CCC spots 10.6k breaches in FY26

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
... breaches and brought wider attention to problems affecting customers in the financial year. "Our work throughout the year saw us act on serious non-compliance and follow significant breaches through to remediation and corrective action. We considered ...

FAAA says super trustees should stump up for CSLR

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has called on Treasury to cut the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) special levy on the advice sector to zero and for superannuation trustees to stump up for the scheme. Treasury recently commenced ...

ASIC issues more stop orders amid private credit crackdown

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
... Constant said. "As foreshadowed in all our work in the private credit space, where ASIC identifies disclosure concerns, we will act swiftly to protect investors from potential harm and promote higher standards across the sector." ASIC said it will consider ...