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ASFA joins Finance Industry Council of Australia

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
The Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) has joined the Finance Industry Council of Australia (FICA), marking the first time the superannuation sector has formally been represented within the peak coordinating body for Australia's broader ...

Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
Project Acacia, the brainchild of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) to explore a tokenised wholesale asset ecosystem in Australia, has completed its experimental and research phase, which has ...

Super funds get ahead of proposed minimum service standards: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
A new report from KPMG finds superannuation funds are getting ahead for the government's proposed minimum service standards set for 2028, including embedding better accountability for service outcomes in their processes following a debacle of administration ...

Removing CGT discount on all assets will make tax system fairer: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said changes to the capital gains tax (CGT) is fundamentally about reducing distortions in the tax system as a whole and to introduce a more fair and neutral system in place of the current one. Speaking at the Bloomberg Forum ...

QIC Ventures helps raise $25m for defence tech company

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
QIC Ventures has led the $25 million raise for homegrown defence technology manufacturer Arkeus, which can detect targets eight times further than competitors. Arkeus is used by the Australian Army and US Department of Defense, also known as the US ...

ASIC flags disclosure flaws in first wave of mandatory climate reports

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has raised concerns over the use of misleading disclaimers, inconsistent climate risk disclosures and unclear reporting assumptions in the first round of mandatory sustainability reports lodged ...

Combating modern slavery difficult but not impossible: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
While it might be challenging to construct a truly modern-slavery-risk free investment portfolio, it is not impossible, a sustainability expert says, who will help wealth managers combat such risks at next week's Responsible Investment Association ...

ACCC approves Zurich's ClearView takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given Zurich Financial Services its blessing to acquire ClearView Wealth. Zurich Financial Services is offering 65 cents for each ClearView share to value the takeover at about $425 million. ...

HeirWealth partners with ViewTrade

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
ViewTrade and HeirWealth have partnered to offer an integration of global trade execution with portfolio performance analytics, and tax reporting. The partnership combines ViewTrade's global brokerage infrastructure with HeirWealth Atlas's portfolio ...

Investors rotate into fixed income as diversification demand grows: Capital Group

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
Institutional investors are increasing allocations to fixed income and broadening exposure beyond the US as they reposition portfolios for a more volatile and fragmented macro environment, according to new research from Capital Group. The firms Fixed ...