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CSLR levy must be directed towards bad actors: Burgess

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... last-resort consumer safeguard," Burgess argued. "It also ignores the fact that SMSF investors are eligible because they are a retail client who has paid for financial advice from a licensed financial adviser to invest in a regulated retail financial ...

Super 'safest' entry in private market for retail investors: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
Morningstar said super funds could be the safest and most effective option for retail investors to access private market investments. This, it said, would especially benefit those investors who do not have the capacity to do their own research and due ...

ASIC, APRA target insurers' TPD product sustainability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... life insurers to manage problematic issues arising from total and permanent disability (TPD) products offered across the retail and group insurance channels, a recent roundtable heard. ASIC and APRA warned providers they need to take "decisive action" ...

Charter Hall updates FY26 guidance amid strong insto appetite

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... brought forward in the Federal Budget. "Across the capital spectrum, we anticipate heightened demand for higher yielding retail, industrial, social infrastructure and office assets, particularly when secured on long lease contracts with fixed and inflation ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... Linda Cunningham says over the last five years there has been a rise in packaging up and selling private credit funds to retail investors globally, which had traditionally been a playground for bigger institutional and wholesale players. Investors who ...

InvestSMART to realise $16m from Intelligent Investor sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... the addition of financial advisers." TIP chief executive Andrew Coleman said the incoming business will become TIP's retail facing arm, aligned with its existing wholesale and institutional investing education, advice and funds management offerings. ...

Bell Financial launches Tandem Capital

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... $92.1 billion in funds under advice and services more than 600,000 clients across institutional, wholesale, advised and retail channels.

Oil price shock to hit consumers 'relatively quickly': RBA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... "Expectations for pass-through to consumer prices vary, but we are hearing from some firms that they plan to increase their retail prices," Hunter said. "For example, some construction firms - who have been relatively highly exposed to transport and ...

Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... level of dynamism in Australia's wholesale financial markets compared with other areas of the financial system, such as retail payments." The use cases highlighted opportunities across an asset lifecycle, including improved capital efficiency, shorter ...

Mulino targets retail investor protections, high-risk MISs: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
Assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino will target the flow of retail investor money into high-risk managed investment schemes (MIS), the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA) Conference heard this morning, flagging how regulators will ...