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Australian ETF market surges to record $346bn

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
Australia's exchange traded fund industry has climbed to a record $346 billion in assets under management after posting one of its strongest monthly gains on record in April. New data from Betashares showed the local ETF market grew by $16.6 billion ...

Aussie active equity managers lack persistent outperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
Australian active equity fund managers struggle to persistently outperform in the medium term as those that shone four years ago failed to triumph in 2025, the new SPIVA Australia persistence scorecard reveals. Among the Australian equity funds that ...

Former adviser jailed over $2m SMSF investment scheme

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... products he controlled. Investors were promised fixed returns of up to 300% after three years. However, ASIC said Arandez had not been licensed or authorised to provide financial services from June 2019 onwards, with many of the promised investments ...

Adviser ban stretched to 2028 in ASIC deterrence win

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... 2023. On 3 May 2024, the ART had granted Rogers a stay of the registration prohibition, subject to a condition that he does not provide scoped advice for the duration of the stay. The tribunal has now set aside the FSCP decision and imposed a three year ...

Future Group invests in energy transition with fresh mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... exposure to parts of the energy transition where policy settings and technology adoption differences create opportunities not currently available in the Australian market, it said. Currently, I Squared's energy transition investments across its equity ...

Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... addition to easing cost-of-living pressures and strengthening fuel security, wealth managers decry investors and the economy will not come out on top. Last night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers' jampacked "five budgets in one" covered housing, fuel security ...

Industry welcomes government's productivity push

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... and innovation, such as making the instant asset write-off permanent," Birmingham said. "However, productivity reform must not be set and forget. An ongoing and ambitious reform agenda is required to deliver long-lasting productivity improvements." The ...

Government pushes for investment risk taking

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... long investment timeframes," the budget read. "However, some asset and fund size caps to access these tax incentives have not been updated in decades." This measure is estimated to decrease receipts by $10 million and increase payments by $14.7 million ...

Minimum 30% tax for discretionary trusts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... rates paid by workers who earn a living from wages," he explained. Fixed trusts, including fixed testamentary trusts, will not be subject to the minimum tax. The minimum tax will also not apply to other types of trusts. This includes widely held trusts ...

Government to commit $3.7bn to strengthen aged care access

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... residential aged care accommodations. The report highlighted it is the responsibility of providers to ensure their staff do not provide financial advice outside of information relating to aged care costs.