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Super tax changes shake HNWs' retirement confidence: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2026
... feel less financially secure, while 69% are less confident they'll be able to retire comfortably. A further 63% are dialling down the investment risk in their portfolios. On the actual changes themselves, 66% said the rules change too often and are hard ...

Inflation to spike, oil supply plenty: Chalmers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2026
... about global oil prices and how that would potentially flow through to inflation and for how long. If we were putting pencils down on those forecasts today, we'd have inflation peaking somewhere between the mid to high fours, which isn't far ...

Bain Capital to acquire Perpetual's wealth management unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2026
... longer term." KKR was close to acquiring the wealth management and corporate trust businesses for $2.2 billion but was shot down due to Perpetual incurring a potentially substantial tax bill. At the end of December 2025, the wealth management unit had ...

March RBA hike now on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
Economists have brought forward their Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate hike forecasts from May to March. Commonwealth Bank head of Australian economics Belinda Allen said the situation has changed quickly. "After hiking the cash rate in ...

Top investment teams built on diverse views, transparency

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... time, I have seen women who have a lot of risk appetite, and equally men who are much more risk adverse - it really comes down to the individual and their experience," she told Financial Standard. "One thing that has helped me as an investor is trying ...

ASX loses $100bn as Iran war escalates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... becoming more limited. "Unable to ship product and with storage tanks filling fast, several Middle Eastern countries are winding down oil production. Drone and missile attacks on oil refineries only add to the risk," he said. "The longer this war drags ...

Australians unlock only 1% of $600bn in home equity: Deloitte

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
A new study reveals that around $600 billion of home equity can be unlocked through structured equity release products, yet only a fraction has been used thus far. Deloitte's 2026 Australian Reverse Mortgage Survey - compiled in collaboration with Heartland ...

Product showcase: Follow the leaders

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... by Zook, being MS Oberoi, founder of Oberoi Hotels. "He had a frontline obsession; well into his nineties, he would walk down to the customer suggestion box in the hotel lobby, take out the suggestions, hold them so close to his eyes that they touched ...

Major super reforms cost members $670m in death benefits: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... correspondence pointing out the costs and benefits of continued insurance cover and giving the member easy access to ways of dialling down or turning off their insurance cover," ASFA wrote in the report Insurance provided through superannuation: Update ...

Former adviser incurs additional charges for dishonest conduct

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
Former financial adviser Donald James Cuthbertson has been charged with 11 additional counts of dishonest representation. Last year, Cuthbertson was slapped with multiple charges for allegedly making dishonest representations to potential investors ...