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Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... investor base has also heightened regulatory scrutiny. ASIC's 2025 review concluded private credit is good for the economy, borrowers and investors - but only if done well. While the $200 billion sector has grown rapidly, it needs improvement and ...

Brighter Super invests $225m as part of $500m commitment

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... $225 million under the strategy, which was launched to direct more members' retirement savings back into the Queensland economy by 2029. Farrar said Queensland's population growth, infrastructure pipeline and expanding innovation economy were creating ...

Investors thrust into rules of the 'jungle': Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... whether someone else in the US is in power," she said. "This is a natural change in our world as a result of the global economy moving from a new polar to a multipolar world - that we have more of these areas where we can have trouble around the world. ...

Mulino targets retail investor protections, high-risk MISs: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... night, Mulino said introducing "sensible guardrails" would not impede the contribution of MISs to the capital markets and economy. The government's dedicated $10.3 million to MIS regulation, split across four years, will increase ASIC's data ...

Removing CGT discount on all assets will make tax system fairer: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... type of asset, we think would just introduce new distortions, and ultimately that's bad for investors and for the economy," he said, noting if a company generates high returns from capital gains it will still generate a better post-tax return than ...

Combating modern slavery difficult but not impossible: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... underpayment of migrant workers and aids their systematic exploitation to sustain substantial parts of Australia's economy. The study examined nearly 10,000 migrants on temporary visas. They include international students, backpackers, graduate visa ...

Plato launches global shares ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... away from "heavily concentrated" sectors like banking and miners. "[The concentrated sectors possess] a lot of single-economy, single-currency risk for a portfolio that's supposed to fund someone's retirement," Pennell said. "PGI2 gives investors income ...

Structural reforms necessary despite global shocks: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... been easier to see what's happening around the world as an excuse to leave some of the most difficult challenges in our economy for someone else to fix later," he said. "We made a different more difficult choice in this budget: to accelerate reform not ...

Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... in addition to easing cost-of-living pressures and strengthening fuel security, wealth managers decry investors and the economy will not come out on top. Last night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers' jampacked "five budgets in one" covered housing, fuel security ...

Industry welcomes government's productivity push

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... (ABA) have welcomed the measures taken by the government to tackle structural productivity concerns in the Australian economy. The ABA said the Federal Budget has laid the groundwork to push productivity across financial services. ABA chief executive ...