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Payday Super to tackle gender super gap: Aware Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... cycles, according to Aware Super. The $245 billion super fund is ushering in the new Payday Super regime, which kicks into gear on July 1, as "one of the most meaningful improvements to Australia's retirement savings system in a generation." "Many ...

CGT, negative gearing changes to become a law

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
The government's tax agenda announced in the Budget overhauling the capital gains tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing have now passed the Parliament and will become law. The government recently unveiled CGT discount carveouts targeting small businesses ...

IFM builds Atlas Arteria stake to majority

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
IFM Investors has been slowly creeping control over Atlas Arteria through on-market stock purchases, finally crossing the 50% ownership mark. Last week, IFM had raised its stake in Atlas Arteria from 34.5% to 38.3%, just a day after it raised its offer ...

Start-ups, small businesses win CGT reform carveouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
Treasury has unveiled a package of capital gains tax (CGT) discount carveouts targeting small businesses, and start-ups and their investors following backlash since the reforms were announced in the Budget on May 12. Testamentary trusts will also be ...

Budget changes could drive SMSF adoption: FAAA

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has warned the government's proposed capitals gains tax (CGT) and negative gearing reforms could unintentionally drive Australians towards self-managed super funds (SMSFs) as a vehicle for residential ...

Product showcase: Reframing financial advice

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
A diversified approach for a changing tax landscape The retirement savings confidence gap between 'advised' and 'unadvised' Australians is set to widen following the Federal Budget handed down in May. The Budget announcement introduced ...

Charter Hall updates FY26 guidance amid strong insto appetite

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
Charter Hall group has updated its FY26 guidance, increasing security value based on strong performances from its institutional property funds management (PFM) platform. The group has increased its operating earnings per security from 100 cents to 103 ...

Bell Financial launches Tandem Capital

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
Bell Financial Group has announced the launch of Tandem Capital expanding its platforms division with a new margin lending and at-call investment offering aimed at advisers and their clients. The new business will provide advisers with access to margin ...

Removing CGT discount on all assets will make tax system fairer: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said changes to the capital gains tax (CGT) is fundamentally about reducing distortions in the tax system as a whole and to introduce a more fair and neutral system in place of the current one. Speaking at the Bloomberg Forum ...

Structural reforms necessary despite global shocks: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
Addressing the National Press Club Treasurer Jim Chalmers said global shocks are no longer rare and it is not possible to wait for calm to embark on big policy changes. "It's no longer possible to separate cyclical and structural change, or to deal ...