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Structural reforms necessary despite global shocks: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... 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 just absorb the shock." Due to the Middle East ...

Sequoia delays dividend amid InterPrac sale uncertainty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... of the agreement." The board added that all details relating to the interim dividend remain unchanged and payment will be made regardless of the outcome of the sale. Sequoia had announced in March it would offload InterPrac for $50,000 to Conquest. Following ...

Adviser ban stretched to 2028 in ASIC deterrence win

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... prohibited from registering as an adviser with ASIC until after December 2025. The Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP) had made a registration prohibition order against Rogers after determining he inappropriately used a scaled advice model that ...

Minimum 30% tax for discretionary trusts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... years. The Australian Taxation Office estimates there were 1.02 million registered trusts in the 2023 financial year that made total business income of $489 billion. While there are legitimate reasons to use trusts, such as succession planning and asset ...

Chalmers chooses 'hard road of reform' in Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... term." Chalmers said the revised forward estimates for the Budget are a result of "disciplined decisions" the government has made to "rebuild fiscal buffers". Chalmers acknowledged global uncertainty has hit the economy, however Treasury are projecting ...

Brighter Super, QIC Ventures invest in ProcurePro

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... addressing this pain point head on by embedding directly into the workflow where cost, risk and compliance decisions are made," Capell said. Brighter Super and QIC recently backed Future Maintenance Technologies (FMT) in a Series A raise. The deals are ...

Product showcase: A guaranteed future

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... certainty, and flexibility within a broader retirement income strategy," Marquet says. And earlier this year Allianz Retire+ made enhancements to AGILE on the back of direct adviser and client feedback. This included a significant reduction in fees ...

Regal Partners shuffles investment team for LIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
Regal Partners has made some changes to its investment team for the listed investment company (LIC), Regal Partners Global Investments (ASX: RG1), advising that portfolio manager Marco Anselmi is stepping away from his role. The company has appointed ...

Performance test reforms to curb benchmark hugging: Treasury

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... performance against a fixed set of benchmarks. While it has successfully removed underperforming funds from the market, it has made some investments look artificially less attractive than they really are in a long-term context like super," she said. ...

Bell Financial looks to diversify revenue, targets 'holistic' strategy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... broking division's revenue across retail and institutional was down 23.5% year-on-year, dropping to $69.4 million. It had made an after-tax loss of $2.8 million. BFG co-chief executive Dean Davenport said: "We have made a strong start to the year ...