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National Reconstruction Fund makes $200m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... for science Tim Ayres said the investment backs Australia's digital resilience where private capital alone cannot. "This deal shows the benefit of the NRF being able to use innovative finance to fill market gaps, crowd in private capital, and strengthen ...

Brisbane financial adviser appears in court on dishonesty charges

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
Brisbane financial adviser Sunny Mahendra Prakash appeared in the city's Magistrates Court on March 6 to face multiple charges of dishonesty offences. Prakash is a director of Principal Financial Services, Self-Managed Super, Provest Enterprises, and ...

ASX loses $100bn as Iran war escalates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... the larger the upside risk to oil prices - and presumably the pressure on [US President Donald] Trump to try and strike a deal." Bassanese said investors are fearing the situation will put more pressure on already sticky global inflation. "Also of note ...

What Australia must do to be at the forefront of financial innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... favour of consumers - to help them navigate the complexity of the financial services industry and shop around to find the best deal for them," Longo said He also noted that jurisdictions across the Asia Pacific region, like Singapore, Hong Kong, India ...

Local custody industry surpasses $6tn milestone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
Many custodians saw double-digit growth in their assets under custody in the second half of 2025, but none more so than BNP Paribas. Assets under custody in Australia grew to $6.2 trillion in the first half of FY26, an increase of 8.6% on the June 2025 ...

Treasury proposes options to block victim-survivors' super going to perpetrators

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... extent the current procedures and regulatory arrangements are working in terms of providing clarity to trustees on how to deal with such situations, ensuring timely distribution of benefits, and what form of evidence is commonly considered by trustees ...

Big super to work with Canadian counterparts to drive investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
Australia's industry super funds and a raft of Canadian pension funds will work together to boost investment in their respective regions. A memorandum of understanding has been signed as part of the Canadian-Australian Pension Funds Investment Initiative ...

Macquarie AM to deliver over 100MW in South Korea

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) will help to develop a hyperscale data centre platform in South Korea to produce over 100 megawatts (MW) of capacity across the nation in the coming years. The announcement follows Macquarie's acquisition of Hanam Data ...

US exceptionalism may have peaked: ART

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... to step up and do stuff is not going to go backwards. It's only going to go higher, whether it's to mitigate or to deal with the consequences of climate change, whether it's spending more money on defence, or, frankly, whether it's spending ...

Cbus calls for tax reform on TPD payouts in pre-Budget submission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... retirement easier to navigate. Cbus said while TPD insurance payments after age 60 are generally tax-free, members under 60 must deal with a complex web of rules and can pay up to 22% tax on claims. The average Cbus TPD claim was sitting at around $103,000 ...