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Affordable housing eligibility routinely overlooked: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
... Assistance remain in rental stress even after receiving the payment, CEDA found, while 70% of recipients are eligible for the maximum rate, meaning further rent rises would generate no additional support. "We don't actually know how much affordable ...

Acenda Life launches investment bond

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
... education funding, estate planning and supporting future generations. Acenda said earnings within the bond are taxed at a maximum rate of 30%, offering an alternative to investing through superannuation for customers seeking a tax-effective structure ...

Platinum awards mandate, changes fund name

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2026
... new product disclosure statement (PDS) has been issued and will take effect on the commencement date. Under the PDS, the maximum anticipated leverage will increase from 150% to 200% of the net asset value of the fund, Platinum said. The fund was incepted ...

Panacea Capital director charged over $4.4m crypto fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2026
... Public Prosecutions following a referral from ASIC. Creigh was granted conditional bail on October 19. The charges carry maximum penalties of five years' imprisonment for operating a financial services business or being involved in a financial services ...

Former Big Un chief escapes prison time for insider trading

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2026
... standards. Communicating inside information is an offence under section 1043A(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 and carries the maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment and/or a fine of 4500 penalty units at the time of the offending. Additionally, if ...

Super funds risk market concentration in US: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
... Implementation matters. And for super funds, benchmark-relative outcomes matter very directly. So, the objective isn't maximum diversification at any cost. It's finding a sensible improvement in diversification within the risk budget you actually ...

Former BW Equities employee charged for misappropriating funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
... committal mention on 17 December 2026. It is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. The maximum penalty for each offence of dishonest use of position as a director, officer or employee (s184 of the Corporations Act 2001) ...

MDS drags Treasury to assess FSC levy proposal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
... levy from $1500 to a minimum of $25,000 while proportionately reducing the per-adviser fee from approximately $2,300 to a maximum of $1,700. "This would better align levy incidence with where risk is managed, recognising that continued increases in per-adviser ...

Former adviser charged further on dishonest conduct

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... to pervert the course of justice by communicating with and sending draft affidavits to two prosecution witnesses. The maximum penalty for each offence contrary to section 1041E of the Corporations Act is 10 years' imprisonment for conduct which occurred ...

FEATURE | Managed accounts | Industrialising advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... clients to seek permission. Townsend wonders how many clients an adviser could actually get through in a day. Maybe 10? Maximum 20? "Now, if you're looking after 100 clients, what's just happened to the other 80?" Townsend asks. "As an adviser ...
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