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FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... suspension remained as lifting it was "contingent upon the receipt of significant contracted cash receivables." The suspension never lifted. Falcon Capital and the managed investment scheme (MIS) are now in liquidation, leaving Kee with a $380,000 black ...

Geopolitical risks, private credit threaten financial stability: RBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) warns that with the tremors of geopolitical tensions already being felt, the vulnerabilities of the US and UK private credit markets could spill over to Australia. In its latest Financial Stability Review report ...

Massive Acenda job cuts ire former staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... structure will be in place by the beginning of the second quarter. "We recognise this has a real impact on people, which is never easy. We commenced an extensive and considered consultation process with our people in January that had had a very strong ...

Vanguard pays $40m in ESG antitrust lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... 100+." Vanguard's US business dropped out of PRI in November 2025. It withdrew from NZAM in December 2022, and it was never a member of Climate Action 100+. In a statement, Vanguard said the terms of the settlement reaffirm its standards and the ...

Adviser gap could boost equity release products: Homesafe

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... mortgage, with modest super balances and increasing longevity risk - yet access to affordable, high-quality financial advice has never been harder to secure. "In an environment where advice is harder to access, having safe, well-understood options is ...

Aussie veterans front Senate over underpaid pensions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... be adjusted to around $710,477. "Now, we've not had the opportunity to invest, use or do anything because that money was never paid to us," Williamson said. "Me and every other DFRDB superannuant have been denied that money from the jump. We could have ...

Division 296 bill tabled, suggested reforms fall on 'deaf ears'

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... employee onboarding. O'Brien agreed that the Coalition supports many of the measures contained in the bill but it should never have been "stitched together" with unrelated measures. "Labor has effectively cobbled together a grab bag of largely unrelated ...

Allianz Retire+ updates AGILE, slashes fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... demand for AGILE as it offers a unique combination of growth potential with a safety net, guaranteed income for life that never stops or drops, and the flexibility to access your money." "Together, these features provide a simple way to secure guaranteed ...

RBA overlooked government spending in rate hike: Hearing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... country's GDP. "According to Treasury's documents, government expenditure, excluding expenditure during Covid, will never be higher than this year as a percentage of the economy. It is the highest it will ever be excluding Covid in 30 years," ...

Tax reform uncertainty to exacerbate property sell-offs: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... 60% said they had only moderate or limited knowledge of changes to tenancy laws across Australia. Alarmingly, 10% reported never having heard from their state or territory government regarding tenancy law changes, the report found. It said this is not ...