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Union calls on RBA staff to reject pay offer

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... off opportunities elsewhere as a direct result of the enterprise agreement that's been proposed," Angrisano said. One employee, quoted anonymously by the union, said the offer lagged comparable agreements across the public sector and major banks while ...

Start-ups, small businesses win CGT reform carveouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
... innovative activity." The concession will apply to founders, early-stage investors and employees who hold shares through employee share schemes and share option plans. Shareholders would have the choice to calculate their CGT liability using the 50% ...

Acenda in the hot seat over enterprise agreement

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
The Finance Sector Union (FSU) has urged the employees of life insurer Acenda to reject an offered enterprise agreement that would see themselves "paid less, stripped of basic leave entitlements and given watered-down redundancy clauses." The FSU said ...

Channel Capital and Fidante to merge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
Challenger announced it has entered into a binding agreement to merge its multi-affiliate funds management business, Fidante, with Channel Capital. Under the agreement Fidante will become part of the newly formed entity Channel Group and will be led ...

APRA opens consultation to governance reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2026
The prudential regulator is lifting the governance bar for superannuation funds and insurers with proposed changes to CPS 510, launching a consultation as part of its endeavours to stamp out 'poor practices'. APRA has laid out revised draft ...

Janus Henderson builds AI for investment teams

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2026
Janus Henderson is building an artificial intelligence (AI) research management tool LIBROS for its investment teams in collaboration with Percepta, an enterprise AI transformation company. Powered by Claude, the tool will help the investment team's ...

L1 Group appoints finance chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
... support the firm's next phase of growth. Russell also hailed from FleetPartners, a vehicle leasing, fleet management and employee benefits company, serving as chief executive between 2019 and 2023. After that, he was a director of M&A and corporate advisory ...

ASIC to take 'balanced' stance on super advertising ban rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2026
... promises to take a "balanced" approach to enforcing new rules around any advertising of superannuation funds during the employee onboarding process, which take effect in a few weeks. From July 1, trustees and employers will not be able to promote super ...

ATO sounds alarm as Payday Super deadline nears

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
The Australian Taxation Office has urged employers to act immediately ahead of the introduction of Payday Super on July 1, warning businesses have just five weeks remaining to prepare for one of the biggest changes to the superannuation system in years. ...

AI can give fundies an edge over the market: Invesco

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
Using interesting data sets and compute power can help investors get an edge over the market, Invesco Solutions director Scott Bennett said. Speaking at the Financial Standard Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) in Sydney, Bennett said the fund manager is using ...