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FEATURE | Aged care: The longevity dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
It's not just Australia that is dealing with an aging population, in fact the World Health Organisation estimates by 2030, one in six people will be aged 60 years or over. At that time the share of the population aged 60 years and over will increase ...

Dexus executives step down over leaked airport data case

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... Utilities Trust of Australia. REST, which holds a 1.73% stake in APAC directly through the Dexus Bloc, is also a defendant in the case. The super fund contested that because it was a "non-selling shareholders" who didn't participate in the data leaks ...

CALI seeks life insurers exemption from lead generation ban

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) said it will argue a strong case for exemption for life insurance lead generation to not be swept up into a blanket ban designed to address misconduct in other parts of the financial system. The government ...

US proposes fresh tariffs on Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2026
... unwarranted, they're unjustified, and they're inconsistent with our free trade agreement with the US, and we've made that case repeatedly," Chalmers said. "Now, when it comes to the specifics of the modern slavery laws, we've got world-leading legislation ...

Big Un finance chief's insider trading charges dropped

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026
... that must be satisfied before a prosecution is commenced or continued: there must be sufficient evidence to prosecute the case, and it must be evident from the facts of the case, and all the surrounding circumstances, that the prosecution would be in ...

KPMG chief resigns after firm admits whistleblower probe fell short

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... and assurance will be announced shortly. "I have been committed to a speak-up culture in our firm, it is clear that in this case we have let ourselves down and I take accountability," Yates said. A parliamentary investigation into the whistleblower allegations ...

We don't always vote in complainants' favour: AFCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... remaining 35% of cases result in a determination against the advice practice. "Our job is to be impartial and to take each case on its merits and apply the rules," Battaerd said. "Excluding insolvent firms for last year... we find in a financial firm's ...

Product Showcase: Calm in the chaos

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... Margin of safety Before the sharemarket became a sophisticated game of dots on a graph and instant trading, it was a simple case of investing in good companies. It's the wide margin between what a good company should be worth and how their valuation ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... more efficient way to do the exact same thing and save costs, they always go for it. So why wouldn't that apply? In this case, none of these events are coincidences," he says. "None of these things happened by accident. They were all carefully planned ...

Small pocket of failed measures can 'blow the entire business': Anderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... were, frankly, not existent... the failure to adequately monitor what he was doing was fundamental to the outcome of the case," Battaerd said. "Even after [the licensee] became aware something wasn't right, and they were not going to keep his authorisation ...