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Mining, property fuel Aussie billionaires' wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... Kong, the report read. In contrast, returns in the fast-growing billionaire market of India were relatively muted for a second consecutive year. New York continues to be the global billionaire capital with an 8% rise in billionaire numbers to 164. New ...

ECB hikes rates, economists expect RBA might be next

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... its 2% target in the medium term, as conflicts in the Middle East continue to generate inflation pressures. This is the second rate hike from the ECB since the start of the Iran war. "The unanimous decision came on the back of the ECB raising its inflation ...

Shorter CSLR payout timeframe awaits major bill passage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... bill amends 26 acts, repeals two acts and improve the operations of 19 government agencies. This week, the bill moved to a second reading debate. Greens senator David Shoebridge said his party would not oppose the bill. "On a broader level, the various ...

Active equity managers lag benchmarks: SPIVA

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... returned 0.2% on an equal-weighted basis and 0.4% on an asset-weighted basis. If the trend continues, 2026 would record the second highest annual underperformance rate for the category since the scorecard began in 2013. Over 15 years, 89% of Australian ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2026
... responsibilities. The first was to conduct due diligence on First Guardian before adding it to the list of available investments. The second was to monitor First Guardian. Super trustees like Diversa must fulfil these responsibilities in the best interests ...

Former UBS Asset Management executive pops up at RAM

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
Real Asset Management (RAM) has appointed a new head of distribution in Bryce Doherty, the former managing director of UBS Asset Management Australia. Doherty is also an executive director at the alternative asset manager, having recently finished up ...

WT Financial takes majority stake in TNT Advisor

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
... paraplanner is their technical knowledge, judgement and ability to understand an adviser's strategy and act as a genuine second chair," Morey said. "As automation and AI remove more of the repetitive document production, formatting and checking work ...

Actuaries Institute launches AI risk management guide

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
... defence model, with the first line being business and technology that owns and manages risk in day-to-day operations, the second being risk and compliance that sets risk framework and provides oversight, and third being internal audit that provides independent ...

APRA hits 12 super options with failed grade

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... which sits on the Expand Essential Super and Extra Super Menu, previously clocked up two consecutive failures. For the second consecutive year, Betashares' Bendigo Superannuation Plan's Balanced Wholesale Fund and High Growth Index Fund, failed ...

FEATURE | Group insurance | Dusk to dawn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... schedules. One common goal is to help them build enough financial security where they don't have to leave their family every second week. "In Mackay, and from what I see in my community and among my friends, there's a big push around things like ...