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Affordable housing eligibility routinely overlooked: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
New research shows Australia is not targeting its affordable housing stock correctly, leaving about 19,000 families on social housing waitlists that truly need and are entitled to it. The Committee for Economic Development of Australia's (CEDA) latest ...

Regulating for culture

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2026
... set for a long period. "Once you've got it, you've probably got it for 30 years at least. So that's a pretty decent incentive - one, that they don't come up very often, and two, when they do, if you win it, you're sorted for a long, long time," Lawrence ...

Praemium's new leadership toughens earnings yardstick

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2026
... development expenditure, and this change will apply from the 1H27 results." He added the board has changed management incentive from EBITDA to cash EBITDA, with the full support of the executive team. "This discipline gives us a stronger base from which ...

ASIC sues another former Venture Egg adviser

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2026
ASIC has launched civil penalty proceedings against former financial adviser Osama Saad, alleging he participated in schemes designed to avoid conflicted remuneration laws and provided unsuitable advice that directed hundreds of clients' superannuation ...

Praemium chief exits amid leadership renewal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2026
... executive. Orrock's total fixed remuneration would be $765,900, same as Wamsteker. Orrock's target short-term incentive opportunity, and existing long-term incentive plans remain unchanged during the period of his acting chief executive appointment. ...

ASIC sets FY27 priorities straight

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
ASIC has outlined its supervisory priorities for 2026-27 with reviews of artificial intelligence (AI), member services and advice fee deductions among the areas of focus for financial services firms. The regulator has published sector-specific supervisory ...

Why HNW investors are choosing shopping centres

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... the fundamentals of office assets have not necessarily "settled down" in the context of persistently high rents, with incentive and capitalisation rates signalling weaker tenant demand and an oversupplied market. Instead, investors are now shifting focus ...

Treasury floats innovative businesses CGT concession draft laws

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... Reform No. 5) Bill 2026: Innovative Business CGT Concession. It includes details about the better targeting the R&D Tax Incentive from 1 July 2028. Treasury estimates that every dollar of tax offset generates about 20% more business R&D and will increase ...

FEATURE | Managed accounts | Industrialising advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... requests for contracts and correspondence between the two. At issue is whether advisers and licensee groups face any incentive - such as sales targets, inducements or revenue - to recommend particular SMAs, especially where the product is run by the ...

FEATURE | Group insurance | Dusk to dawn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
Australia is in the grips of an unprecedented mental health crisis. It joins a league of other, what anthropologist Joseph Henrich coins as "Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich and Democratic" or "WEIRD" countries, grappling with the perfect storm ...
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