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Looming Div 296 tax prompts urgent tax, retirement planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... $10 million. For balances over $10 million a 40% tax rate applies. The thresholds will be indexed to the Consumer Price Index each year. If passed, the new tax will take effect on 1 July 2026, prompting members with large balances to carefully consider ...

ASIC fines Fundhost for misleading fund performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... depicted the performance of the Polen Capital Focus Growth Strategy Fund and the fund against the MSCI ACWI Net Total Return Index since 31 December 2014, based on data that was updated monthly by Fundhost. ASIC said the performance chart combined the ...

Institutional investors' risk appetite trends down: State Street

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
According to the State Street Risk Appetite Index, investor appetite declined to zero in January 2026, from a +0.36 reading in December 2025. Despite a strong pick-up in institutional risk exposure towards mid-January, uncertainty around Federal Reserve ...

Betashares, VanEck add to product lineups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... dominant sectors currently are financials, information technology, and industrials; the US makes up close to half of the index's country allocation. Betashares said momentum investing has traditionally been challenging for individual investors due to ...

ASX partners with Bloomberg on credit futures product

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... introduce new futures contracts that track two of Bloomberg's indices on its ASX 24 platform. The ASX-Bloomberg AusBond Index Futures will enable investors to manage interest rate and credit risk while replicating the performance of the Bloomberg AusBond ...

Transfer balance cap to rise to $2.1m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
Following the release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures this week, the superannuation transfer balance cap (TBC) will increase on July 1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed CPI rose to 3.8% in the 12 months to December 2025, up ...

Global X rides silver's highs

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... ASX. The launch also marks Australia's first dedicated silver miners ETF, which tracks the Solactive Global Silver Miners Index, providing investors targeted exposure to silver mining companies and other related activities, including exploration. The ...

Inflation 'uncomfortably high' as it rises to 3.8%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.8% in the 12 months to December 2025, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.8% annual CPI inflation to December was up from 3.4% to November," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt ...

CFS, Stockspot deliver double-digit returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... Stockspot portfolios are built exclusively using broad market, low-cost ETFs. "The long-term evidence continues to support index investing. Despite this, most super funds actively manage the majority of member money using complex active strategies that ...

Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... officer, told Financial Standard that large superannuation funds typically do not need to go to an ETF provider for an ASX200 index exposure. Realistically they can do so themselves and, in some cases, insource. "For a lot of other indexed exposures ...