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Hostplus weighs digital asset exposure for members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
Hostplus is considering allowing members using its Choiceplus platform to invest in digital assets. Through Choiceplus, members can tailor their super investments from an available set of options. Hostplus has confirmed that one such option that may ...

Binance Australia to pay $10m over deliberate customer misclassifications

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
The Federal Court has ordered Oztures Trading, known as Binance Australia Derivatives, to pay $10 million after it was found to have misclassified more than 85%, or 524, of its retail clients between July 2022 and April 2023. ASIC commenced legal proceedings ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... patterns still push many out. "Practices that intentionally support women build a stronger talent pipeline. With women set to control or influence major intergenerational wealth, having advisers who reflect their clients is simply good business," she ...

APRA greenlights Insignia Financial takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
APRA has provided approval for Insignia Financial to be taken over by CC Capital's Daintree Bidco. Under the deal announced in July 2025, APRA's approval was required for Daintree Bidco to hold a controlling stake in Insignia Trustees. The acquisition ...

FSC questions SMC's claim on younger members' super switches

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... APRA-regulated accounts. FSC chief executive Blake Briggs said: "Superannuation platforms provide Australians with greater control over their retirement savings and are often used by people with more complex financial circumstances who have received ...

Another RBA hike in May 'not a done deal'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... time, weighing the risks to both inflation and activity. The RBA is unfortunately in no such position, having struggled to control stubbornly high inflation in the post-COVID era," Samuel said. "Much can change between now and the next meeting in May ...

Treasury proposes advice education standard reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... practice, particularly where the payment of death benefits can span multiple years due to matters outside of a trustee's control," he said. There is also the potential for differences in how negative earnings are treated for Division 296 purposes ...

SMSFs continue to demonstrate competitive edge: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... are used under the right circumstances and managed effectively," he said. "For Australians seeking greater flexibility, control over investment decisions, estate planning advantages, and the ability to tailor strategies to their individual circumstances ...

GQG's investment performance outpaces outflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... aggressively if FUM declines as we expect, slowing the earnings decline." Ler added that GQG will need to focus on cost control moving forward. "We retain our fair value estimate for no-moat GQG at $1.70 per share. We now view cost control as the main ...

ASIC launches beneficial ownership transparency review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
ASIC is seeking feedback on how it can strengthen transparency around who ultimately owns and controls listed entities, proposing several amendments it hopes will better corporate transparency, market efficiency and oversight. ASIC said its set of proposals ...