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Buyer beware: Private credit as a defensive play

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
Financial advisers grapple finding a meaningful place for private credit in portfolios as investment experts urge them to carefully consider the risks of making it part of the defensive allocation. The Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association ...

ASIC furthers simplification with regulatory roadmaps

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
ASIC is furthering its simplification work, focusing on the development of sector-based regulatory roadmaps, improving ASIC registers through the RegistryConnect program, and expanding digital transactions. ASIC said for the next six months it will ...

Super funds get ahead of proposed minimum service standards: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
A new report from KPMG finds superannuation funds are getting ahead for the government's proposed minimum service standards set for 2028, including embedding better accountability for service outcomes in their processes following a debacle of administration ...

InterPrac targets First Guardian victim, disputes AFCA ruling

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
InterPrac Financial Planning is taking action against a former client and victim of the First Guardian Master Fund collapse for an Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) determination it is vehemently contesting. The new proceeding comes off ...

Low fees a strong indicator of fund survivorship: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... and outperformance compared to more expensive peers. "Across nearly all major categories examined in this study, the lowest fee quintile achieved both higher success ratios and stronger average total returns than the highest fee quintile, underscoring ...

UniSuper makes investment changes for High Growth option

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... developed for exclusive use of controversial and/or nuclear weapons." UniSuper will also halve its asset-based administration fee for the Flexi Pension retirement product for more than 42,000 retired members, who will pay a fee of 0.08% from the current ...

ART overhauls death and TPD insurance fees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... holds insurance cover through their ART accounts, a new insurance fees of 7% of insurance premium will start applying. "This fee is included in your insurance premium amount and is only charged to members who have insurance to help cover the cost of ...

AI to outweigh inflation fears in fixed income markets: Allspring

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
Rising energy prices and geopolitical tensions may be dominating fixed income markets today, but Allspring Global Investments head of global macro strategy Noah Wise believes Artificial Intelligence (AI) will become the far more significant force, shaping ...

WAM offers global real assets exposure via new offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... close on 5 June 2026, with WAM saying investors may wish to participate prior to this date to secure the reduced management fee of 0.70% per annum. "The fundamentals and valuations look attractive across real assets at this point in the cycle, and these ...

Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
As the 2026 Budget promises "bold, broad and ambitious" tax reforms, in addition to easing cost-of-living pressures and strengthening fuel security, wealth managers decry investors and the economy will not come out on top. Last night, Treasurer Jim ...