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FEATURE: Estate planning | Best laid plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... So, there's a whole heap of complexities," Leggett says. "And this is happening as we're seeing more assets in dollar value than we've ever dealt with before. That brings out the positives and negatives in people and conversations as well." ...

Potential US recession in three years: Global insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... While interest in managing this US asset dominance persists, strategies have involved selective hedging or diversifying dollar risk - for example, through allocations to emerging market assets - rather than selling US assets. And the Middle East war ...

Australia finalises 'landmark' trade agreement with European Union

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
After years of negotiations, the Federal Government has secured a landmark trade deal with the European Union (EU) overnight, which will unlock "lucrative" access to European government mandates for local businesses. The agreement will see the EU to ...

First Super switches out group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... sat with MetLife for the past 14 years, having been appointed in July 2012. Under the change, the premiums per unit or dollar of income protection and death cover will decrease. Income protection will go down by about 24.6%, while death cover will be ...

ASIC considers changes to net asset requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... ASIC would increase the $150,000 minimum for responsible entities under the concessional NTA requirement to a higher fixed dollar amount of up to $1 million, or by applying this limb of the NTA formula on a per scheme basis - so a responsible entity ...

Betashares invests in AUD-backed stablecoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
Betashares has made a minority strategic investment in Macropod - a licensed issuer of an Australian dollar-backed stablecoin. Betashares made the investment alongside global and regional digital asset companies, including Galaxy Digital, Flowdesk ...

ASX loses $100bn as Iran war escalates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... two Fed rate cuts expected this year. Along with safe haven flows, this shift in policy expectation also pushed up the US dollar, which in turn hurt gold prices and the Australian dollar." Bassanese said across markets, the more popular recent trades ...

Mercer's OCIO lead set to depart

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... replace Padriag Brown who recently left. With 15 years of investment leadership experience, Hart has managed a multi-billion-dollar global portfolio spanning both public and private markets. Hart joins from NZ Super where she most recently oversaw external ...

Cbus calls for tax reform on TPD payouts in pre-Budget submission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
Cbus has used its pre-Budget submission to call for clearer, fairer tax settings on total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance payouts for members under 60 years of age. Cbus said such reforms could save workers and their families thousands of dollars ...

AustralianSuper reduces fees on Member Direct option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... is invested. From 28 March 2026, when requesting a cash transfer, the Member Direct online platform will initially show dollar allocations to or from each of the member's other investment options based on the cash transfer amount requested. "You'll ...