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AIA snags Acenda head of products

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2026
... offering lower premiums for total and permanent disability (TPD) via a new product TPD CORE, which requires additional assessment on mental health conditions and specified subjective conditions such as those associated with a client's experience ...

AMP, CFS and Vision Super get the Epic Retirement Tick

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... Hostplus and UniSuper in the list of accredited funds. The retirement-readiness framework offers a consumer-focussed assessment against 20 key criteria, evaluating the range of services and support super funds offer to pre-retirees and retirees. Funds ...

Interest rates at highest level in 15 years

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
... rate target further if needed," the RBA said. "Accordingly, the board will be attentive to the data and the evolving assessment of the outlook and risks to guide its decisions. Monetary policy is well placed to respond to developments, and the board ...

FEATURE | Nature risk | Paved paradise

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
... biodiversity impact, the sector contains relatively few ASX200 companies, all of which showed consistently high impacts across assessment methodologies. However, six of the 10 companies with the largest nature-related impacts were found in the materials ...

ASX still falling short of RBA's expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) annual assessment of the ASX's clearing and settlement (CS) facilities has found the market operator is still not meeting the mark. The ASX CS facilities were rated as having 'observed' or 'broadly observed' many ...

Tribunal affirms InterPrac, FSGA adviser bans

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
The Administrative Review Tribunal has affirmed ASIC's decisions to ban two former financial advisers from InterPrac Financial Planning and Financial Services Group Australia (FSGA) who were involved in the Shield and First Guardian master funds ...

New law tightens foreign resident CGT rules on Australian property assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... definition of Taxable Australian Real Property (TARP) and introduces a definition of real property into the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 that forms part of the definition of TARP. Two of these categories are the subject of these amendments: Taxable ...

Three super funds fined for misleading investment options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... about 5% of the option was invested in listed property and/or listed equities. AMIST's website and Member Outcomes Assessment Summary showed that its alternatives option was invested entirely in private equity for the period between 9 July 2025 and ...

AIA Australia rolls out TPD CORE

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
AIA Australia has launched TPD CORE, a new retail product that charges lower premiums and provides clearer claim assessment criteria for total and permanent disability (TPD). Some of TPD CORE's key features include a five-year rate guarantee, a ...

SMC chair takes on more board duties

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... of the board." Additionally, alongside Sherry's appointment, the government also released an independent Capability Assessment of Housing Australia, led by Ken Kanofski, the government said. The assessment found Housing Australia has strengthened its ...
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