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RBA switches to 'decidedly hawkish' tone

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) switched to a "decisively hawkish" tone in the September Minutes, with a focus on the upside risks to inflation. The board unanimously voted in favour of a rate hike, bringing the official cash rate to 4.6%, after ...

Treasury consults shifting tax debts from victims to abusers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
Treasury is consulting on extending the powers of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to strengthen its response to financial abuse. This would allow the taxation office to pause debt recovery against victim-survivors, pursue the debts from perpetrators ...

Former adviser defies permanent banning orders

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
Former financial adviser Ezzat Daniel Nesseim has defied ASIC's permanent banning orders and is in the process of being prosecuted. Nesseim was slapped with permanent banning orders by the regulator between 2018 and 2019 that barred him from providing ...

Abacus managing director confirms upcoming retirement

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
The managing director of Abacus Group (ASX: ABG) will be stepping down after an eight-year tenure. Steven Sewell has announced the intent to retire from his current role but will continue to lead the company to 9 July 2027, or an earlier date, in accordance ...

ASIC flags gaps in super fund valuations

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
ASIC has called for stronger scrutiny of unlisted investments after finding persistent weakness in how some superannuation funds and auditors assess asset valuations, raising concerns about the accuracy of members' retirement balances. The regulators ...

Natixis IM secures Singapore equity market mandate

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
Natixis Investment Managers (Natixis IM) has been appointed by Singapore's central bank under a $7.3 billion (S$6.5bn) programme aimed at deepening the country's equities market and attracting broader investor participation. Announced on October ...

GQG records further outflows despite positive returns

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
GQG Partners recorded net outflows of $3.3 billion (US$2.3bn) in September, extending a difficult year for the ASX-listed fund manager despite positive investment performance across its four primary strategies. The manager's latest funds under management ...

Acenda Life appoints chief commercial officer

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
Acenda Life has appointed its group chief people and culture officer Ross Miller as the new chief commercial officer. Miller will be responsible for leading group's Australian commercial teams across insurance, wealth and retirement solutions. He ...

Equip Super launches new campaign with Supercars champion

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2026
Equip Super has welcomed supercars champion James Courtney as an ambassador to advocate early retirement planning for Australians. This comes as national research shows over half of the population doesn't have a formal financial plan. The research also ...

Vale Richard Morecroft

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
Veteran broadcaster Richard Morecroft has passed away, aged 70. Tributes have poured in after Morecroft died on Tuesday, 6 October, on the NSW South Coast, following a cancer diagnosis he revealed in July this year. His partner of 36 years, artist Alison ...