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Fidelity expands ESG role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... investment adviser at HESTA, the $101 billion industry fund for health and community workers. At HESTA, she set up the investor-led initiative of '40:40 Vision', aimed at achieving gender balance in executive leadership. She has held responsible ...

Solaris prepares to launch LIC for income seekers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
Solaris Investment Management has launched the Solaris Australian Equity Income Plus (ASX: SET), a listed investment company (LIC) designed to deliver monthly fully franked dividends for income-seeking investors. The shares for the LIC are expected ...

Fund manager red flags founders' massive pay packages

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... deputy head of Australian equities at Airlie Funds Management, shared poignant lessons she's learned as a professional investor from founder led and non-founder led companies. The "enormous step change" in remuneration typically occurs among executive ...

Chalmers says Budget will make 'hard decisions'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... "We're overhauling our approvals regimes, strengthening and streamlining our foreign investment regime and opened our Investor Front Door," Chalmers said. "We're reforming the payments system, abolishing tariffs, cutting red tape and streamlining the ...

Government looks to better define roles of regulators

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino said the government is looking into the information various regulatory bodies seek from the financial services industry to cut red tape. "We rightly, I believe, have multiple regulators in financial services. ...

Senate report provides fuel for CGT discount tweak

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
A Senate inquiry into the operation of the capital gains tax discount concluded the concession does skew ownership away from owner-occupiers and impacts wealth and intergenerational inequality. The Select Committee on the Operation of the Capital Gains ...

Ironbark brings businesses under one national banner

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
Ironbark will consolidate 15 businesses under a new single brand, Ironbark Financial Group. The parent company will operate sub-brands that include Ironbark Advice, Ironbark Private Wealth and Ironbark Investment Solutions. Ironbark Advice encompasses ...

ASIC considers changes to net asset requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... addition, ASIC is looking at increasing the NTA requirements that apply to other fund operators, such as operators of investor directed portfolio services (IDPSs) and corporate directors of retail corporate collective investment schemes (CCIVs); and ...

Another RBA hike in May 'not a done deal'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hiked the cash rate by 0.25% to 4.1% at yesterday's meeting, citing a "material risk" that inflation will stay above the central bank's target range of 2-3%. The decision to hike was all but split, with five voting ...

ETFs grow in popularity for SMSF investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are quickly becoming a dominant feature of self-managed super funds, with financial advisers increasingly turning to them for diversification. According to an analysis of SMSFs on the AUSIEX platform, about 44% of advised ...