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MA Financial launches $500m fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... retail real estate, including population-led demand growth, resilient consumer expenditure, severely constrained supply and lower retail floorspace relative to global peers. "This is driving both rental growth and shopping centre valuations." The acquisition ...

Taxpayers to foot Age Pension if super turned into ATM: SMC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... would also mean more of people's super would need to be shifted into short-term liquid investment options that generate lower returns, further weakening people's super."

Trading 212 to offer Australians low-cost trading to global markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
... access to UK, European and US shares at a time when many Australians, in particular younger investors, are searching for lower-cost investments. As part of that push, Trading 212 will offer Australians zero brokerage on share and ETF trading. Fractional ...

ART leads retirement product race, others wrestle with covenant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
... that not every fund's membership is positioned to benefit from longevity products today. "Affordable products that suit lower-balance members don't really exist today, however we certainly have to plan for the future membership, as our fund is ...

Australian life insurers lag global peers: Capgemini

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... - representing only 10% of all carriers - have set a clear standard. They also achieve 41% higher revenue growth and 12% lower lapse rates by combining consumer-led strategies with intelligence-powered operations. In practice, they distinguish themselves ...

FEATURE | Digital advice | Interlocking the pieces

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
Amid a rapidly evolving regulatory space, and the need to keep pace with innovation, financial advice has been thrown into a dynamic environment that's always changing. As a result, the sector requires constant support to remain compliant and keep ...

NSX to focus on dual listings over the next 12 months

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... expectations laid down by the market regulator. "When we have the new service to trade ASX securities, it will provide diversity, lower costs for our customers, additional and diversifying of our revenue opportunities," Cunningham continued. The NSX ...

Industry, economist blasts One Nation's super agenda

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... inflation and the housing crisis," Delahunty said. "These problems need real policy solutions that build more houses and lower the cost of living, not unimaginative ones that make everything more expensive and force Australians to be more dependent on ...

Norges Bank slashes exposure to US government bonds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2026
... provided a risk premium related to prepayment risk. "The most important changes from today's index are a considerably lower share of government bonds and the inclusion of mortgage-backed securities, which account for around 13% of the recommended ...

Treasury launches minimum tax on discretionary trusts draft legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
... restructuring, the treatment of excess franking credits and ways to collect the minimum tax. Discretionary trusts allow lower tax rates to be achieved through 'income splitting', whereby trustees of discretionary trusts allocate all or part of ...