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Accounting sector rejects shifting CSLR costs to SMSFs

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
Australia's major accounting bodies have urged Treasury to reconsider proposals that would shift Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) funding costs onto self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), warning the move would unfairly penalise investors ...

Dexus executives step down over leaked airport data case

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... Corporation (APAC), which owns and operates the airports on behalf of various investors, to its remaining shareholders at fair market value. In 2024 Dexus embarked on Project Mercury to sell some of the APAC shares managed by it. Under the shareholders' ...

Franklin Templeton's Western AM hit with US$100m penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... fiduciary duties and its disclosures to clients, including that its investment allocations would be done in a manner that was fair and equitable. The practice is known as 'cherry-picking', in which Leech would place trades with brokers and routinely ...

Treasury considers reward system for whistleblowers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2026
... financial risk," Mulino said. "A strong whistleblowing regime mitigates those risks with legal protections, while also promoting fair and competitive markets by exposing businesses that may be gaining an unfair advantage."

Super funds push back on CSLR: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026
... designed around the principle that sectors generating misconduct should fund the costs of compensation. "This should be a fair, sustainable compensation scheme of genuine last resort that doesn't double-tax hardworking Australians in safe, well-regulated ...

Dexus forced to sell stake in airports

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... commence the "compulsory process to offer for sale the shares comprising the Dexus Bloc to remaining APAC shareholders" at fair market value and an immediate suspension of governance, voting and information rights of the Dexus Bloc of shareholders. Dexus ...

Product Showcase: Calm in the chaos

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
How a contrarian instinct performs during market shocks Markets can overreact. A disappointing earnings result, a change in management or a period of uncertainty can quickly turn a company into one investors would rather avoid. Far less attention is ...

CSLR levy must be directed towards bad actors: Burgess

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... risk, as this is inconsistent with how it is applied to current leviable subsectors," Burgess said. "It is not credible or fair to consider levying SMSF investors while continuing to exclude this sector whose product failures have materially contributed ...

'No basis' to ban independent trustee model: Equity Trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... on platforms. "Equity Trustees contends that this APRA initiative alone is sufficient to ensure the continued efficient, fair and honest functioning of the superannuation platform market and that further regulatory changes are not required - the market ...

Westpac fined $26m for financial hardship neglect

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
Major bank Westpac has copped a $26 million fine for neglecting customers facing financial hardship over a six-year period. The Federal Court found the bank failed 277 customers facing financial troubles by not providing a written response to their ...