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ASIC furthers simplification with regulatory roadmaps

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... legislative instruments to ensure they are easy to understand, while implementing sector-based regulatory roadmaps to help small company directors and financial advice businesses understand their obligations. It also improved access to regulatory information ...

Low fees a strong indicator of fund survivorship: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... where success ratio declined steadily as fees increased. In global large-cap equities as well, low-cost index funds and a small number of inexpensive systematic active strategies emerged as clear beneficiaries. "The results reflect the increasingly concentrated ...

Ausbil appointed co-manager for NYSE-listed fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... Ausbil has been appointed co-manager of a New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM) fund, helping oversee a new global small-mid cap equity strategy. Together with NYLIM, Ausbil co-manages the newly launched NYLI International Small-Mid Cap Equity ...

Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... asset and fund size caps for venture capital to compensate for inflation since they were last set, starting July 2027. For small businesses, the $20,000 instant asset write-off will be extended from July 2026. Among the losers, the ban on foreign investors ...

Government pushes for investment risk taking

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... for young and expanding firms. It said it will permanently extend the $20,000 instant asset write-off from July 2026 for small businesses with turnover of up to $10 million. These businesses will be able to immediately deduct eligible assets costing ...

Minimum 30% tax for discretionary trusts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... private trusts, the majority of which are discretionary trusts. Chalmers said rollover relief will be available to assist small businesses and others that wish to restructure out of discretionary trusts into another entity type, such as a company or ...

Chalmers chooses 'hard road of reform' in Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled the Federal Budget, delivering a deficit for 2026/27 of $31.5 billion, as the government prioritises reform over relief. The 2025/26 deficit came in at $28.3 billion, a far cry from the $36.8 billion that had been ...

GSFM launches two global private markets funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
GSFM is offering new global private markets opportunities to local institutional and wholesale investors,launching of two new funds in conjunction with its Canadian affiliation. GSFM, with CI Global Asset Management (CI GAM) as investment manager of ...

Perpetual to overhaul J O Hambro

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... management and corporate trust. For asset management, Perpetual said it will be become a "true multi-boutique model with small, nimble boutiques that have established brands, long-term client relationships and market penetration in their core markets." ...

Unpaid super costs workers $24.4bn: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
Australians missed out on $24.4 billion in unpaid superannuation in the past five years to 2023, reinforcing the need for Payday Super, the lobby group says. New analysis from Super Members Council (SMC) found one in four workers were underpaid super ...