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Start-ups carve out confirms tax reforms are 'flawed': WAM

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026
... Management (WAM) believes the recent capital gains tax (CGT) reform carve out for small businesses and start-ups confirmed the change is not correctly executed for its initial intention. In its submission to a Treasury consultation, WAM argued the proposed ...

TA Associates sells Russell Investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026
Russell Investments marks another change in ownership as private equity firm TA Associates announced it will sell the fund manager to a B Capital-led consortium that includes CalPERS. TA Associates, together with Reverence Capital Partners (RCP), will ...

HeirWealth launches AI integration

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026
... their own client data, inside the AI tools they're already using. "It removes hours of manual work without asking anyone to change how they work, and it does so within the permissions the firm already controls." The platform is designed to help advisers ...

FAAA urges insolvency crackdown to curb soaring CSLR costs

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has called for tougher insolvency rules to prevent "phoenixing" activity. The FAAA said loopholes which shift costs of failed financial advice businesses onto the broader profession through the Compensation ...

Government consults on discretionary trust tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
... excess franking credits should be treated and the ways to collect the minimum tax. The consultation period ends July 30. The change will apply a 30% minimum tax on discretionary trusts to better align the tax rate on trust income with the tax rates paid ...

ASFA makes suggestions for performance test overhaul

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called for the federal governments annual superannuation performance test to be modernised, arguing the current framework is discouraging long-term investment assets such as housing, infrastructure ...

Palisade marks first European acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
... infrastructure Iulia Grosu said investing in biogas and biomethane continues to offer promising solutions to mitigate climate change, reduce waste, and provide renewable energy solutions. "The BioticNRG collaboration with the Palisade Real Assets team ...

IMF downgrades Australian outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded the growth forecast for Australia from 2% to 1.9% in its latest World Economic Outlook. This comes as Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor Sarah Hunter hinted to the Australian Conference ...

Global concentration risks to reorient investors: JBWere

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
A rising concentration risk across global and local equities is reorienting investors to income stocks and fixed income exposure, JBWere said. JBWere head of asset allocation and portfolio management Glen Bertram noted there is really just the single ...

VanEck switches to AI-powered index

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
... capabilities for international equity opportunities using computational power by using an Akros Technologies' index. The change will be applied to the VanEck Dynamic International Equity ETF (GOAT) from July 20, becoming Australia's first ETF that uses ...