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Rodney Forrest re-sentenced for $3m insider trading

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... initially sentenced to six years' imprisonment on 23 January 2026. He appealed his sentence and, following his appeal, Forrest's total effective sentence has been reduced by nine months. Forrest has also been ordered to pay to the Commonwealth the amount ...

ATO sounds alarm as Payday Super deadline nears

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
The Australian Taxation Office has urged employers to act immediately ahead of the introduction of Payday Super on July 1, warning businesses have just five weeks remaining to prepare for one of the biggest changes to the superannuation system in years. ...

ASIC, APRA target insurers' TPD product sustainability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
Regulators are putting the pressure on life insurers to manage problematic issues arising from total and permanent disability (TPD) products offered across the retail and group insurance channels, a recent roundtable heard. ASIC and APRA warned providers ...

Unit trusts FUM 'plateaued': Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... 160 investment managers' performances over the period, 77 had net inflows and 83 had net outflows. The overall sample's total FUM, which include 1221 products of ETPs and unit trusts, increased $113 billion or 13% from $855 billion to $968 billion. Unit ...

Super fund-backed AFSL adviser numbers drop: Rainmaker

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... members with simpler financial needs, as funds continue to refine delivery models and enhance member engagement," it said. Total number of ASIC-registered financial advisers fell in the quarter to the lowest recorded number of advisers since June 2003 ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon grabbed headlines last year when speaking at one of the banking giant's quarterly earnings calls. "When you see one cockroach," he told analysts, "there are probably more." The cockroach Dimon was referring ...

Hostplus, AIA lose $1.4m TPD dispute

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
AFCA has overturned a decision by AIA Australia and Hostplus over a refusal to pay a $1.466 million additional total and permanent disablement (TPD) benefit, despite recognising the member failed to declare an underlying health issue when applying for ...

Macquarie shareholders question its climate change commitment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... "consistent emissions time series that demonstrate significant emissions reductions", it would move the company to a higher total score. Shareholders claim the latest disclosures and financing activity appears inconsistent with accepted science-based ...

Investor demand for infrastructure asset mandates intensifies: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... 13% on the previous corresponding period. The increased attention also lifted real assets to account for more than half of total private markets activity. Real estate's share was stable at 24%, broadly unchanged from 23% over the previous 12-month period ...

Plato launches global shares ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... taking Plato to over $2 billion of funds under management (FUM) in their suite of listed fund solutions, it said. The firm's total firm FUM is $23.6 billion. The portfolio invests in a globally diversified portfolio of developed-market equities, with ...