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WT Financial bets on scaling advice practices

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026
... pillars framework - pricing confidence, capacity building, lead flow, and enterprise value and succession." Cullen noted rather than being just focused on adviser numbers for their own sake, WT Financial is focused on helping the practices in its network ...

Final report into Life Code makes 85 recommendations

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2026
... "However, there are aspects of this issue that cannot simply be resolved at this point through a change to the code but rather will require industry to engage with stakeholders to consider in more detail an appropriate path forward that supports both ...

Stablecoins a key to instant access to global credit markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... particularly in cross-border payments among institutional users, is now prominent but mainstream uptake will be evolutionary rather than overnight. "By providing a trusted digital representation of fiat currency, they remove structural barriers that ...

Super system to hit $12.4tn by 2045

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... Boal said the industry's success would increasingly be measured by its ability to deliver sustainable retirement outcomes rather than simply accumulating assets. "Australia's super system continues to grow strongly, but the real test is whether the system ...

Mercer Super fined $10.3m for reportable situations failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2026
... that the misstatements did not result from any deliberate attempt by [Mercer Superannuation Australia] to mislead ASIC". Rather, they reflect the" failure to consider, or properly to consider, the contemporaneous records available to it, including entries ...

Corruption, governance risks: The cost of doing business in emerging markets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... acts as a significant barrier to transparent foreign direct investment that developing economies need to grow," she said. Rather than take blanket exposure to countries or indices, active managers are selectively allocating capital to companies and management ...

ASX to focus on pattern of problematic behaviour in listed entities

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... intervention." ASX also added it can result in unproductive engagement where the merits of particular words and phrases are debated, rather than focusing on market harm. To tackle this, ASX said it is in the process of shifting to a supervisory model ...

Operational changes anticipated for Payday Super: Rest

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... million employers and almost nine million employees, requiring superannuation contributions to be paid alongside wages rather than quarterly.

Inflation cools, RBA facing 'uncomfortable trade-off'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... April 2026." VanEck head of investments and capital markets Russel Chesler said inflation is "no longer just sticky" but rather it is "starting to look stubborn". "While today's fall in headline inflation to 4% is encouraging, what is worrying and presents ...

FEATURE | Member engagement | On the ball

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... are, by definition, the more engaged members. Any survey, in general, reflects the views of relatively engaged members rather than the very passive majority," he says. "The good news, though, engagement is increasing. People are becoming more aware ...