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FEATURE: Estate planning | Best laid plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... policy in law refers to the principle that courts may invalidate contracts, transactions, or actions that harm the public good, safety or morals. "The courts don't want to see people on the street, homeless or on government benefits," Williamson ...

Minderoo picks Lill for chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... five years as chief investment officer at Rest. Commenting on his new role, Lill said the opportunity at Minderoo was too good to pass up. "I loved creating a full-service operating model as part of the internalisation strategy at Rest and equally, I've ...

Fidante shutters Ox Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
Fidante Partners' emerging markets specialist boutique Ox Capital Management has called it quits after five years. Ox Capital principal and chief investment officer Joseph Lai said: "Following an extensive review by the Ox Capital board, the board ...

Blue Owl says its private credit loan books remain healthy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... many of them monthly. And again, we're not seeing any signs of trouble." Ostrover said the portfolios continue to see good revenue growth at eight to 10%, with loan to value being around 30% to 40%. "We're not adding names to the watch list. ...

New deputy chair for FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... demographics, a mature savings system, emerging asset classes and disruptive technology, the role for the FSC to drive advocacy and good policy to deliver financial confidence has never been more important." The FSC also appointed Schroders Australia ...

Australia finalises 'landmark' trade agreement with European Union

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... the best places to deploy hundreds of billions of dollars more in coming years, offering further opportunities to deliver good long-term, risk adjusted returns for their members." Meanwhile, BMI, part of Fitch Solutions, released an outlook for the Australia-EU ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... for the financial advice profession, having barely shaken off the disrepute from th Financial Services Royal Commission. Good apples Freshwater Wealth founder and financial adviser Roger Perrett commiserates with impacted investors and says the flow-on ...

Geopolitical risks, private credit threaten financial stability: RBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... warned, foreseeing the potential for a "severe international shock." Despite this, Australia's financial appears to have "a good degree of resilience, though the risk of a more material adverse shock has increased over recent weeks."

Chalmers says Budget will make 'hard decisions'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... forecast to peak much lower - around 37% of GDP compared to the almost 45% we inherited." However, Chalmers said that while good progress has been made, more needs to be done over the medium-term horizon. "We're overhauling our approvals regimes, strengthening ...

Government looks to better define roles of regulators

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... industry on different timelines or "slightly different asks". "And so one of the things we're looking at, which I think is a good first step, is to ask, are there ways we can align the asks, and even align the definitions of what's being asked ...