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Channel Capital and Fidante to merge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... current Channel Capital managing director Glen Holding. Fidante will continue to operate as a standalone brand but will benefit from broader scale in the combined entity with around $150 billion on assets, Challenger said. Challenger will own 45% of ...

Capstone joins forces with PictureWealth to form $22bn FUA planning network

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
... Capstone authorised representatives will also continue to operate under their existing AFSL licencing arrangements. "The benefit for advisers and clients is access over time to the broader PictureWealth Group's technology, compliance, practice development ...

HESTA launches campaign around super tax benefits

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
The super fund is launching 'Super Saturday' to help those that are missing out on the advantage from super tax benefits ahead of the end of the financial year. According to HESTA's research, based on a survey of 437 members in May 2026, more than half ...

IFM lifts stake in Atlas Arteria to 40% after upping offer price

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
... - $6.20. Atlas Arteria also noted that IFM has a track record of paying more than its initial offer price and it might benefit the shareholder from not accepting its current offer. "IFM has paid more than its initial offer price in a number of previous ...

Regulators push for stronger stress-testing capability, resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
... growing interconnectedness and operational vulnerabilities. Super funds, in response, suggested that future exercises may benefit from more targeted scenarios aimed at critical risks to improve the comparability of responses and that there was "general ...

Budget changes could drive SMSF adoption: FAAA

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
... running an SMSF. "We are concerned that many of them will be convinced to do so via high pressure sales tactics without the benefit of financial advice, without a full understanding of the obligations that they are accepting the risks involved with such ...

Imprisoned fraudster's wife banned by ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
... party lenders to the value of over $20 million on that basis with the use of false documents and used the loans for the benefit of other corporations which he controlled, ASIC found. ASIC secured travel constraints for the pair in March 2024, and Mr ...

Product showcase: Reframing financial advice

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
A diversified approach for a changing tax landscape The retirement savings confidence gap between 'advised' and 'unadvised' Australians is set to widen following the Federal Budget handed down in May. The Budget announcement introduced ...

Productivity growth is 'going from bad to worse': PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2026
The latest quarterly productivity review released by the Productivity Commission (PC) found growth in hours worked remains strong (0.9% increase over the quarter, 2.2% increase over the year). "The accounting is straightforward: the value of goods and ...

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees. Ian Laughlin, serving as chair, works alongside ...
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