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APRA names new deputy chairs

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has welcomed the appointment of two new deputy chairs, with current board member Therese McCarthy Hockey and former assistant treasurer David Bradbury set to join the regulator's leadership. ...

Treasury looks to reform regulation on consulting firms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
... treasurer Daniel Mulino said. In 2022, there were allegations PwC used confidential information in helping to design certain tax laws to help certain clients avoid tax. Multiple KPMG executives including the chief executive Andrew Yates and chair Martin ...

Euroz Hartleys sells capital markets arm to Canada's BMO

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... and will add value to the quality of our private wealth client offering," McKenzie said. It intends to distribute the post tax net proceeds from the sale to shareholders through a fully franked dividend and capital return. The capital market arm is focused ...

CGT, negative gearing changes to become a law

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
The government's tax agenda announced in the Budget overhauling the capital gains tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing have now passed the Parliament and will become law. The government recently unveiled CGT discount carveouts targeting small businesses ...

Corruption, governance risks: The cost of doing business in emerging markets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... pockets. That weakens the very foundations of an investable economy." Some argue that corruption can be described as a type of "tax". It's a useful starting point, Mackinnon said, but describing it as a tax "significantly undersells" the damage that ...

Pendal shutters Global Select Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
Only five years after it debuted, Pendal has terminated its Global Select Fund, an actively managed international equity strategy. Due to the fund's relatively small size, as well as ongoing running costs being a higher proportion of total assets, Pendal ...

Small fee increases cost nest eggs $77k: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... Both scenarios assumed a 6.4% nominal annual investment return, Superannuation Guarantee contributions of 12%, and standard tax and life insurance costs of $1733. The only difference was fees from one account charged 0.56% p.a. while the other charged ...

Greens, Labor agree on LRBA ban on SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... bill in the coming fortnight. It described the act as an exploitation of a "loophole" where investors use SMSFs to buy up tax-advantaged properties and proposed to remove ministerial discretions that would allow a minister to wind back these reforms. ...

Start-ups, small businesses win CGT reform carveouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
Treasury has unveiled a package of capital gains tax (CGT) discount carveouts targeting small businesses, and start-ups and their investors following backlash since the reforms were announced in the Budget on May 12. Testamentary trusts will also be ...

ATO reveals highest paid jobs, postcodes

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
... Mosman all appearing in the top 10. The report found average taxable incomes continued to rise across Australia, while total tax revenue collected by the ATO reached $630.9 billion during 2023-24. Individual income tax remained the largest source of ...