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CFS plots 'largest' retirement product expansion with new alliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... its retirement offerings through a multi-partner alliance to enhance retirement solutions. Developed with Challenger, Generation Life, and BlackRock, the partnerships transform product-led approaches to a "whole-of-life" retirement model for lifetime ...

Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... ledger infrastructure for research purposes, demonstrating Australia's capability to play a leading role in the next generation of financial market infrastructure." The opportunity now is to build on the momentum from Project Acacia by translating successful ...

Plato launches global shares ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... dividends paid out by portfolio holdings and is not reliant on derivatives trading or capital gains realisation for income generation." Meanwhile, Plato founder and managing director Don Hamson added: "We have always advocated for highly diversified ...

WAM offers global real assets exposure via new offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... the cycle, and these assets can provide strong diversification benefits to an investor's portfolio, including income generation, inflation protection, resilience in market downturns and consistent returns uncorrelated to traditional assets such as listed ...

Structural reforms necessary despite global shocks: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
Addressing the National Press Club Treasurer Jim Chalmers said global shocks are no longer rare and it is not possible to wait for calm to embark on big policy changes. "It's no longer possible to separate cyclical and structural change, or to deal ...

Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... mile" infrastructure, like water, power, sewerage and road connections needed to unlock new housing developments. 'Generation-defining reset' for investors The tax changes will have far and reaching consequences for investors, several experts ...

OECD recommends NZ overhaul pension system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
New Zealand needs to reform its pension sector, increasing the age at which retirement savings can be accessed and no longer taxing those savings, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In its latest report on ...

Lead generation a 'conveyor belt of harm': Longo

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
Departing ASIC chair Joe Longo said the most effective way to tackle unscrupulous actors in lead generation activity would be to stop it at the source and ban all unlicensed communications. Speaking at the Financial Counselling Australia conference ...

Generation Life, PPS Mutual make senior distribution hires

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Generation Life and PPS Mutual are bolstering their distribution teams with senior hires. Generation Life named Robert Coulter as national key accounts manager, joining from Allianz Retire+ where he served as head of key accounts. Coulter will focus ...

Vale Steven Glass

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Pella Funds Management co-founder and managing director Steven Glass has passed away. "To all of us at Pella, Steve was far more than a colleague, he was a close friend and a valued part of our family. From the very beginning, he brought energy, and ...