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ETF assets hit $388bn as inflows near $7bn

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2026
Australia's exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry attracted $6.9 billion in net inflows during September, taking total assets under management to a record $388 billion as investors continue to favour index-based strategies, international equities and ...

Super payments doubled since July 1: ASFA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
Four months into Payday Super, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said the policy is working as intended, with the number of payments going into Australian workers' super accounts each month having more than doubled since ...

Genetic testing ban takes effect for life insurance

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2026
Australians can access genetic testing without risking discrimination in life insurance under a new ban that took effect on October 8, with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) also updating its rules to handle complaints involving adverse ...

Macquarie completes audit review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2026
The Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank boards have completed a review of Macquarie's 2025 audit tender process, in the wake of the KPMG whistleblower scandal. The review, led by board governance and compliance committee chair Rebecca McGrath, considered ...

CFS launches retirement income optimiser

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
Colonial First State (CFS) has launched a new retirement feature designed to give eligible super members greater flexibility in preparing for retirement and accessing future income options. The Retirement Income Optimiser is available through CFS's ...

Super funds risk market concentration in US: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
... tests and to spend their limited active budgets wisely. "But the important distinction here is that market cap is a weighting rule. It isn't really a risk or return objective," he said. "If diversification is an investment objective, it may need ...

ASIC strengthens AI trading safeguards

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
ASIC is strengthening safeguards for automated and AI-enabled trading. The regulator will also streamline requirements for securities and futures market participants under incoming changes to its Market Integrity Rules (MIRs). ASIC said the reforms ...

FAAA flags gaps in discretionary trusts tax reforms, deficient framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
Under the proposed minimum tax on discretionary trust reforms, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) highlighted concerns over trustees potentially being forced to make "major and largely irreversible decisions" before the rules and guidance ...

Mulino opens CSLR special levy consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
Treasury has commenced a targeted consultation on the distributions of the 2026-27 special levy for the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). This comes after the CSLR operator announced in July that the estimated claim costs for 2026-27 were $190.3 ...

New law tightens foreign resident CGT rules on Australian property assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
New laws that toughen the rules around capital gains tax (CGT) to ensure foreign residents pay their fair share of tax on Australian real property have passed both houses of parliament. Treasury Laws Amendment (Strengthening Accountability for Tax Adviser ...