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Russell launches retirement solution

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... to live on today with the assets that need to remain invested for the years ahead. Our Retirement Solution provides a framework for managing those competing needs." The Short-Term Portfolio focuses on income and capital stability, while the Medium-Term ...

Openmarkets taps $22tn tokenised market

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... even though technology is no longer the principal barrier. Meanwhile, the government recently passed the Digital Asset Framework Bill to mandate digital asset exchanges and platforms to carry an AFSL. Openmarkets carries an AFSL and recently expanded ...

APRA simplifies retirement data collection by trustees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
As part of its response to industry feedback on the proposed Retirement Reporting Framework, the prudential regulator has streamlined data requirements, ensuring transparency while reducing the excessive data collection burden. The framework is part ...

New law tightens foreign resident CGT rules on Australian property assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... Tax Practitioners Board (TPB), through amendments to the Tax Agent Services Act. This includes a stronger sanctions framework including criminal penalties for unregistered tax preparers, new civil penalties for breaches of the Code of Professional Conduct ...

First-mover costs stifle digital finance: report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
... Trust to advance digital investment infrastructure across institutional markets. Both parties intend to establish a framework to exchange insights on developments in digital financial markets, identify "new areas" of collaboration and contribute to the ...

'Easy peasy, done': Senate rips Equity Trustees' checklist governance

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
... responded by noting it as an "unfortunate turn of phrase" but added the trustee has a well-developed investment governance framework, and it was followed on the specific occasion. ASIC currently has two proceedings against Equity Trustee alleging failures ...

Government backs Enhanced Regulatory Sandbox overhaul

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
The Federal Government has backed an overhaul of Australia's regulatory sandbox framework, agreeing to repeal the legislation underpinning the Enhanced Regulatory Sandbox (ERS) and replace it with a more flexible model designed to support financial ...

Shorter CSLR payout timeframe awaits major bill passage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... compensation to victims of financial misconduct in a timely manner," an explanatory memorandum reads. Under the current framework, ASIC does not collect special levies until the 15 sitting day disallowance period has expired, due to the risks of invoicing ...

Inquiry rips into Diversa: 'All profit, no responsibility'

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2026
... of those processes, noting that rival platform Netwealth has already acknowledged deficiencies in its due diligence framework relating to First Guardian and questioning why a 50% holding limit was never enforced despite being considered an important ...

Nine in 10 advisers concerned about greenwashing: RIAA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2026
A recent survey by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) found that 94% of advisers have concerns about greenwashing or misleading sustainability claims made by investment products. RIAA's survey spoke with Australian-based individual ...