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Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... includes the pilot of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), which was a three-year program flagged by the RBA and Treasury in September 2024. The final report indicates a "strong interest" for the tokenisation of assets to improve efficiency, resiliency ...

Mulino targets retail investor protections, high-risk MISs: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... structures that housed and put at risk about $1 billion of investor money. An additional $7.6 million was committed to ASIC, Treasury and the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board to strengthen governance requirements for MISs, with $1.4 million per ...

Super funds get ahead of proposed minimum service standards: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... redesigning processes, strengthening governance and investing in front-office capability. This comes off the back of Treasury and the financial services ministry floating new mandatory minimum service standards for all large APRA-regulated superannuation ...

InterPrac targets First Guardian victim, disputes AFCA ruling

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... this conduct as industrial-scale misconduct, then the question becomes how much more evidence is needed before APRA and Treasury seriously move toward a Part 23 solution." InterPrac did not respond to Financial Standard's request for comments.

Law blocking abusers hiding super assets passes parliament

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... fail to pay court ordered compensation. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Daniel Mulino said the Treasury Laws Amendment (The Survivors Law) Bill 2026 closes a loophole that previously enabled perpetrators to shield assets inside ...

AI to outweigh inflation fears in fixed income markets: Allspring

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... expansion and more on traditional rate settings. Wise notes that could create opportunities at the front end of the US Treasury curve even as longer dated bond yields remain under pressure. "It's an environment where higher yields are creating opportunity," ...

Budget boosts fuel security, misses clean energy opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
With Treasury pledging a whopping $14.8 billion to boost fuel security amid the Middle East crisis, the 2026 Budget has been criticised or missing key opportunities to progress the clean energy transition. Treasurer Jim Chalmers' Strengthening Australia's ...

Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... trusts with the rates paid by workers who earn a living from wages," he explained. In a bid to protect more investors, Treasury pledged $10.3 million to ASIC to better data use when supervising managed investment schemes. This comes as the government ...

ASIC to receive $10m in FY27 to improve MIS supervision

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... managed investment schemes. Additionally, the Office of the Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and the Treasury will receive $7.6 million over four years from 2026-27 (and $1.4 million per year ongoing) consulting publicly on new data ...

Minimum 30% tax for discretionary trusts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... reasoned that such arrangements "provide opportunities to pay a lower rate of tax that are not available to most workers." Treasury modelling shows the wealthiest 10% of households hold over 90% of the value of private trusts, the majority of which are ...