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SMSF advice requires specialist skills, professional judgement: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... on administration efficiency. Also speaking at the conference, ASIC senior executive leader Leah Sciacca highlighted one major concern arising from Report 824, which was advisers using the notion of control to justify recommending an SMSF "without exploring ...

Looming Div 296 tax prompts urgent tax, retirement planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... to act. For members with $15 million, for example, they can choose to take out the $5 million this year or in 2027 as a major factor will be what tax rate they can lock in outside super. An ideal scenario would be to lock in a 30% tax rate outside of ...

Senate questions APRA's role in Shield, First Guardian disaster

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... across 901 products with almost 27,000 investment options across the industry." Over 2025, APRA undertook a review of the major platform trustees, which collectively represent approximately 95% of funds under management for platform products. "The scope ...

GQG reports increased FUM despite $5.5bn outflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
GQG Partners has reported funds under management (FUM) for FY25 of $231.27 billion (US$163.9bn), a 7.1% increase. This comes despite outflows of $5.5 billion (US$3.9bn) for the period ending 31 December 2025. GQG chief executive Tim Carver said despite ...

GQG sees $6bn outflows in a month

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
GQG Partners saw $5.94 billion (US$4.3bn) in outflows in January alone. By comparison, the investment manager saw total outflows in the year ended 31 December 2025 of $5.8 billion (US$3.9bn). GQG did not provide an explanation for the outflows in its ...

CBA updates on class actions, governance review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... Australia (CBA) released its half year results today, seeing profits rise to $5.4 billion. As part of is H1 report, the major bank gave an update on its ongoing superannuation and advice-related class actions. CBA said it still has two superannuation ...

Helen Lofthouse to exit ASX in May

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... active oversight. Our executive team remain fully accountable for execution of key deliverables and there is no change to our major initiatives and programs," Clarke said. For her part, Lofthouse said it has been a privilege to lead the organisation. ...

Macquarie sees 'substantially' higher profits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... superior performance in the medium term with established, diverse income streams; deep expertise across diverse sectors in major markets with structural growth tailwinds; patient adjacent growth across new products and new markets; ongoing investment ...

Global pension assets near $90tn: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... weak growth of only 1.4% p.a. over the last 10 years. As of 2025, it has the lowest compound annual growth rate of all 22 major markets, the report said. Consequently, having been the second largest pension market in 2015, the UK has now fallen to fourth ...

Commonwealth Super Corp to consolidate legacy IT systems

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... migration of data systems for multiple schemes onto a unified administration platform. This system upgrade is the "first major step" in that partnership, though CSC will continue working closely with its administration provider Mercer to maintain service ...