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Advice industry can't afford CSLR to be an 'unsustainable mess': FAAA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... ongoing viability of the advice profession. Speaking at the FAAA Roadshow in Sydney on Thursday, FAAA general manager of policy, advocacy and standards Phil Anderson said the CSLR needs to be fixed to make sure "this isn't going to become an unsustainable ...

RBA hikes rates, suggests more to come

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... with all of the major central banks - including the US Fed, ECB, Bank of Japan and Bank of England - all holding their policy rates steady at their meetings last week," Bloxham said. "Largely, this reflects the starting point for the Australian economy ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... risk-adjusted basis has been in the government bond markets around the question of how central banks would adjust monetary policy in reaction to higher oil prices. At the start of the year, the US market was pricing for two or three cuts from the Fed ...

ASFA chair to step down after four years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... together all parts of Australia's superannuation sector into the one tent, and it is the only body that delivers end-to-end policy reform for the benefit of the whole sector." At the same time, Bryony Hayes, formerly chief risk officer at TelstraSuper ...

Rest calls on government to fix 'motherhood penalty'

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... which are payments designed to offset the impact of unpaid care on retirement balances. Rest general manager of public policy and advocacy Enrico Burgio said the current system fails to properly recognise unpaid care as a form of economic contribution. ...

Sequoia abandons InterPrac sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
... assets and liabilities of the troubled advice practice. InterPrac currently has a professional indemnity (PI) insurance policy worth $20 million covering the failures of Shield and First Guardian. Going forward, Sequoia's board said it will continue ...

NZ Super promotes two, hires from Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... comes after a judicial review found against NZ Super Fund, determining part of the fund's current sustainable investment policy was not compliant with legislative requirements. The New Zealand High Court found the fund had failed to invest "in a manner ...

Australia averts recession but not slowdown: JPMAM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... and shrugging off the headwinds. "We think the Chinese story is pretty good. It's resilient. We expect more monetary policy and fiscal stimulus there. We like the China tech story as well," he said. The Korean and Taiwan markets also appear to be ...

Inflation skyrockets in March, RBA hike almost certain

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... We expect a hawkish hike in May," Chong said. "The focus will be on the updated forecasts in the Statement of Monetary Policy, particularly the near-term OCR path. Markets are currently pricing in just under three hikes by end-2026." VanEck head of investments ...

VanEck unveils new range of active ETFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... through cycles that test conviction. "Markets are not static systems. They evolve driven by cycles in growth, liquidity, policy and behaviour. Portfolios that endure are not those built on a single philosophy, but those constructed with an appreciation ...