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ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026
ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities. The regulator's ...

TA Associates sells Russell Investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026
Russell Investments marks another change in ownership as private equity firm TA Associates announced it will sell the fund manager to a B Capital-led consortium that includes CalPERS. TA Associates, together with Reverence Capital Partners (RCP), will ...

HeirWealth launches AI integration

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026
HeirWealth has launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server allowing financial advisers, accountants and family offices to query consolidated client wealth data through artificial intelligence assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude. The Australian ...

Government consults on discretionary trust tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
The government is consulting on the minimum tax on discretionary trusts set to come into effect 1 July 2028. Announced during the 2026 Federal Budget, Treasury is now seeking industry feedback on the incoming tax around the expanded rollover relief ...

SMSFA backs review of ATO's regulatory approach

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
The SMSF Association (SMSFA) has welcomed the Australian National Audit Office's (ANAO) review of the Australian Taxation Office's regulation of self-managed super funds, describing it as a timely opportunity to assess whether the regulatory framework ...

ASFA makes suggestions for performance test overhaul

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called for the federal governments annual superannuation performance test to be modernised, arguing the current framework is discouraging long-term investment assets such as housing, infrastructure ...

Future Generation returns top 20%

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2026
Future Generation Australia has increased its fully franked interim dividend after it delivered a 20.1% total shareholder return over the past year. The company lifted its interim dividend to 3.8 cents per share, fully franked, taking the annualised ...

TCorp chief investment officer retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2026
The chief investment officer of TCorp will leave the organisation after nearly a decade in the role. Stewart Brentnall announced his intentions to retire from full-time employment over the next 12 months. TCorp chief executive Rob Kenna said Brentnall ...

Netwealth expands Morgan Stanley mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2026
Amid expanding its stockbroking and private wealth capabilities, Netwealth has been picked by Morgan Stanley to provide a platform solution to its Australian wealth business. The new agreement will see Netwealth cater to Morgan Stanley's ASX-listed ...

ICS secures mandate for UK specialist fund manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2026
Investment Control Systems (ICS) has been selected to provide strategic investment data management and analytics solution for a UK specialist fund manager via its ATHENA platform. ICS will implement ATHENA to consolidate Impax Asset Management's core ...