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Aberdeen to acquire $3bn worth of MFS funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
Aberdeen Investments has reached an agreement with MFS Investment Management to acquire nine MFS funds to create two separate closed end funds. Aberdeen Investments has reached an agreement with MFS to acquire the management of nine closed end funds ...

Hearts & Minds, WAM slash stakes in Corporate Travel Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... ultimately recommence trading at the same price it had at the time of its trading halt, it would have a positive impact on pre-tax NTA of 9 cents per share," HM1 told investors. Wilson Asset Management's LICs - WAM Active and WAM Capital - which ...

Vanguard identifies strongest asset classes for coming decade

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... 2027, he predicted. "The outlook for 2026 is much stronger based on the policy tailwinds announced since April 2, namely US tax cuts, industrial policy investment incentives and the Federal Reserve joining the chorus of global central banks lowering ...

Mulino looks to reform CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... and make some consumers pay twice. "In effect, the first pay cheque an 18-year-old worker collects next year will include a tax to pay for financial misconduct they had nothing to do with," SMC said. "And while poorer low-income Australians with super ...

'Outdated' law gating teenagers from thousands of dollars in super: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... of super on paid parental leave, which will boost women's retirement savings by $7200, and increasing the Low-Income Super Tax Offset (LISTO) from $37,000 to $45,000, but said scrapping the law should be next on the agenda. The disposal of the threshold ...

More than 2000 advisers at risk as deadline looms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... also 827 existing providers who, unless exempt, must complete specified commercial and taxation laws to continue providing tax (financial) advice. For those who will not meet the qualifications standard by year end, ASIC urged them to consider having ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
In the book The Lucky Country, the late author Donald Horne provides a piercing assessment of Australia in 1964, stating that its prosperity is derived from good fortune rather than industriousness or ambition. He ruminated about the future challenges ...

ASIC takes SMSF auditor to court for continuing work despite ban

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... (Supervision) Act (SIS Act) by the regulator last year. ASIC said that Convery continued to act as an SMSF auditor for four tax agents and 56 entities between June 2024 and January 2025. Further, ASIC alleges that Convery created a series of false documents ...

Government cracks down on financial abuse via coerced directorships

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... through coerced directorships. The consultation paper by the Treasury noted that financial abusers can exploit loopholes in tax and corporate systems, weaponising company directorships and creating debt as a form of coercive control. Treasury is seeking ...

TelstraSuper members caught off guard by Direct Access closure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... reimbursing all brokerage fees as part of that process. It will also reimburse members who incur additional Capital Gains Tax (CGT) where assets have been held for less than 12 months within Direct Access. All sales or terminations of investments must ...