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Aware hikes fees for former TelstraSuper members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
Aware Super has informed former TelstraSuper members' insurance fees will rise following the merger of the two funds, completed in May. "Before the merger with Aware Super, TelstraSuper informed Personal Plus members that their insurance arrangements ...

WAM active strategy delivers 75.5%

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... shifts in macroeconomic expectations and pronounced rotation across sectors and themes," Oberg said. "Changes to interest rate outlooks, geopolitical developments and the accelerating AI adoption contributed to periods where company fundamentals were ...

Aberdeen backs global growth despite rising inflation

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... gradually than markets anticipate. It forecasts the US Federal Reserve will remain on hold for the rest of 2026 before resuming rate cuts in 2027, while the European Central Bank and Bank of England are also expected to pause. The bank of Japan is tipped ...

Government consults on discretionary trust tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
... consultation period ends July 30. The change will apply a 30% minimum tax on discretionary trusts to better align the tax rate on trust income with the tax rates paid by workers, Treasury said. The announcement was made alongside other changes, including ...

IMF downgrades Australian outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor Sarah Hunter hinted to the Australian Conference of Economists another cash rate hike could be on the cards. Hunter said the RBA will "continue to act as needed" to ensure inflation returns to the target ...

AUSIEX launches cash account for advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2026
... accounts, online visibility of balances and transactions, automatic settlements and notifications, a competitive interest rate calculated daily and paid monthly and is fully supported by local service teams. AUSIEX analysis showed advisers executing ...

June adviser exam registers 72% pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
ASIC reported a 71.7% pass rate in the latest round of financial adviser exam results. Some 209 people sat the exam, including 137 first-timers, in June. Of the first-timers, 75.9% or 104 passed the exam. To date, 22,748 individual candidates have sat ...

Global concentration risks to reorient investors: JBWere

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2026
A rising concentration risk across global and local equities is reorienting investors to income stocks and fixed income exposure, JBWere said. JBWere head of asset allocation and portfolio management Glen Bertram noted there is really just the single ...

MySuper provides consistent returns for members: Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2026
... rose 6.1%, underperforming MySuper returns." Listed property posted a negative return of -2.2%, consistent with the RBA cash rate, while Australian fixed interest, international fixed interest and cash returned 0.2%, 2.9% and 4.1% respectively. "The ...

Investors Mutual founders launch new venture

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026
The former investment director and founder of Investors Mutual (IML) Anton Tagliaferro is launching a new fund management business, focussing on small caps, with a new fund already made available for investors. Fundamental Investment Management's ...