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Clearer distinction of advice required around aged care costs: Review

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
A recent review has outlined the need for a proper distinction between financial advice and information obtained from aged care providers when it comes to understanding the costs and financial impact of residential aged care accommodations. The Independent ...

Budget to overhaul negative gearing, CGT discount, family trusts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Reports suggest the government is planning to curb negative gearing, overhaul the capital gains tax discount and impose new tax rules on family trusts when Treasurer Jim Chalmers hands down the Federal Budget next week. While nothing has been confirmed ...

Unpaid super costs workers $24.4bn: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
Australians missed out on $24.4 billion in unpaid superannuation in the past five years to 2023, reinforcing the need for Payday Super, the lobby group says. New analysis from Super Members Council (SMC) found one in four workers were underpaid super ...

Cbus members to see 46% increase in insurance fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
Cbus members will see an average 46% increase in death and TPD premiums from July 1. Default cover premiums will increase between $0.19 cents and $10.24 per week. There will also be a 12% increase for some income protection categories, the first rise ...

M&A is not a 'scattergun' approach: AZ NGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
Since completing its first-ever deal over a decade ago, AZ NGA has completed more than 200 transactions but each of them carries the same purpose to scaling the advice platform, which isn't a "scattergun" approach, AZ NGA group chief executive Paul ...

Insignia Financial delists from ASX

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
Insignia Financial is officially going private, set to delist from the ASX at market close today after it was acquired by CC Capital. "We are pleased to complete the acquisition of Insignia, one of Australia's most established wealth management ...

Pacific Equity Partners makes unsolicited bid for oOh!media

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) has made an unsolicited takeover bid to acquire oOh!media for $1.40 per share. That is a premium of 64.7% from its last closing prices of $0.85 and values the media firm at around $747million. oOh!media provides outdoor ...

Australians favour international equity ETFs despite conflict

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2026
Australians continued to favour international equity ETFs in the first quarter of 2026, investing $6.9 billion in the category despite escalating tensions in the Middle East. ASX-listed ETFs reached record flows of $15.2 billion in the first quarter ...

ASIC reviews AFSLs over finfluencer concerns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2026
ASIC has issued warning notices to four finfluencers suspected of providing unlicensed financial advice or engaging in misleading or deceptive conduct, as well as commencing a review of several licensees and their supervision of 15 finfluencers operating ...

Government aims to 're-make' NDIS, redirect funding to aged care

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026
Speaking at the National Press Club on Wednesday, minister for health and ageing Mark Butler said he will soon introduce a bill to ensure the sustainability of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), seeing about 160,000 recipients' entitlements ...