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Looming Div 296 tax prompts urgent tax, retirement planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) Bill 2026, which was tabled in Parliament last week, proposes to apply a 30% tax rate on earnings from superannuation balances between $3 million and $10 million. For balances over $10 million a 40% tax rate ...

Advisers lose lead in SMSF establishments: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
Several forces are fuelling the unprecedented rise in SMSF establishments, and while financial advisers used to be the driving force behind this, they are now getting left behind, according to industry experts - but they can reclaim their lead. New ...

MA Financial, Dimensional launch new offerings

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... targeting a size of US$600 million investments, including equity commitments of approximately US$250 million, and an internal rate of return of 9% to 11% before fees. It will be managed by CMBI's asset management entity in Hong Kong and MA Financial's ...

Praemium ramps up digitisation, cuts headcount by 28%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... Laboratories team, the group expects its overall annual technology salary budget, excluding incentives, to reduce on a run rate basis by around $9 million from before the acquisition. The savings Praemium expects to make in the 2026 financial year will ...

MA Financial expands hospitality portfolio in NZ

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... The fund has a target investment of $4.3 million (NZ$5m) and returns of 4% p.a. in excess of New Zealand's official cash rate over a three-year period. The transaction is targeting settlement in the coming months and adds to MA Financial's subsidiary ...

Kapstream launches ASX-listed investment trust

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... 'KIT' in March and aims to provide a monthly distribution targeting a return of the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate plus 3.50% per annum. It's aiming to raise between $200-300 million through the issuance of new units. The trust has already ...

Bullish on AI? Don't buy US tech: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... still-sticky inflation will leave the Federal Reserve with limited room to cut rates below Vanguard's 3.5% estimate of the neutral rate, which would neither promote nor restrict economic activity.

ASIC inquiry an 'inflection' point for ASX: Lofthouse

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... exchange, said the performance was driven by "high volumes" of cash market trading, clearing and settlement, and interest rate futures. "ASX achieved strong revenue growth of 11.2% to $602.8 million in the half, and we continued to deliver key business ...

CBA updates on class actions, governance review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... Limited (AIL). The class action claims members invested in cash and deposit options provided by CBA received a lower interest rate than they could have received had CFSL/AIL offered similar products made available in the market by another bank. CBA said ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
According to the State Street Risk Appetite Index, investor appetite declined to zero in January 2026, from a +0.36 reading in December 2025. Despite a strong pick-up in institutional risk exposure towards mid-January, uncertainty around Federal Reserve ...