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Performance test reforms to curb benchmark hugging: Treasury

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... diversification, and other value-adding activities. By contrast, the current test does not explicitly account for risk in its assessment of investment returns." The third option is to regularly review the benchmarks. A routine review ensures the benchmarks ...

Atlas Arteria rejects 'exploitative' IFM takeover bid

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... do not accept IFM's offer could risk continued underperformance. However, Atlas Arteria independent directors' assessment found the price to be materially below its fundamental value to adequately reflect the value of the high-quality global toll ...

Major UK pension reforms passed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... remains in the bill, guardrails were put in place to monitor the use of this, including the need for an independent assessment to be made before the power can be enacted. "Today is a landmark moment for the 22 million workers building up a pension pot ...

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 ...

Cboe offloads local exchange to Canadian giant

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026
... opportunities despite sound performance. ASIC said the deal is subject to its regulatory approval and it will expedite assessment of the application. "Should the purchase go ahead, ASIC expects an orderly transition to new ownership with continuity of ...

Foreign resident CGT rules up for consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... definition of Taxable Australian Real Property (TARP) and introduces a definition of real property into the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 that forms part of the definition of TARP. The government currently broadly puts taxable Australian property into ...

Div 296 requires fixing before finalisation: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... encouraging executors to keep estates open for longer and delay final distributions to beneficiaries due to the delayed assessment. Hence, it is recommending replacing the current "single final assessment" approach with an annual assessment model for ...

Hostplus weighs digital asset exposure for members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... that one such option that may be made available is digital assets, with Financial Standard understanding the fund's assessment is in its early stages and no decision has been made yet. At its 2025 annual member meeting in December, Hostplus said: "We ...

Another former Venture Egg adviser slapped with four-year ban

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... clients to switch their superannuation funds using an advice process that outsourced the fact find and risk profile assessment to an unlicensed third party referral partner, ASIC said. He was also found to have provided "predetermined" advice outcomes ...

Contact Asset Management terminates sole fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... companies that sit outside the S&P/ASX 50 Index. "The closure decision has not been taken lightly. It follows a thorough assessment of the fund, market demand and expected growth opportunities. We have determined terminating the fund is in the best interests ...