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Rent stress threatens retirement security

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2026
... market are reshaping housing security across generations, alongside five scenarios for reforming Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA). Home ownership among Australians aged 25 to 34 fell seven percentage points between 2001 and 2024, while the decline ...

Robeco pitches Enhanced Indexing strategy to instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
Robeco has launched a new systematic strategy for institutional investors, designed to manage the Australian index's overconcentration in banks and miners. Robeco's Enhanced Indexing strategy for equities is benchmarked against the S&P/ASX 300. The ...

ASIC issues more stop orders amid private credit crackdown

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
ASIC has made an interim stop order on the product disclosure statement (PDS) issued by Australian Secure Capital Fund (ASCF) offering units in three registered managed investment schemes. The interim stop order stops ASCF from offering, issuing, selling ...

Dalton launches first local-domiciled fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2026
Dalton Investments Australia has launched its first Australian-domiciled strategy for global equities, which combines traditional values with artificial intelligence (AI) for research capabilities. The Lumina Equity Fund is managed by Dalton Investments ...

FEATURE | Nature risk | Paved paradise

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 OCT 2026
The central highlands of Victoria teem with lush Eucalytpus regnans or mountain ash, the world's tallest flowering plants, which are also native to Tasmania. Researchers from the Australian National University found that mountain ash also possesses ...

CareSuper bolsters leadership team with new appointments

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
CareSuper has strengthened its leadership ranks with a series of senior appointments across people and culture, member proposition, compliance, governance, investment risk, and corporate affairs. Clare Butler has joined as general manager, people, culture ...

Interest rates at highest level in 15 years

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
The monetary policy board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) unanimously agreed to increase the interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.6%, the highest level since 2011. The RBA said the hike was a result of inflation remaining "elevated" and risks ...

Perpetual names insto relationship, funds services lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
Perpetual Corporate Trust, the corporate trustee, custody and digital infrastructure services arm of Perpetual, has welcomed an executive to oversee its institutional relationships and managed funds services. Nigel Crampton has joined as head of sales ...

VBP names inaugural chief growth officer

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
Financial planning outsourcing specialist Vital Business Partners (VBP) has created a new executive role focused on expanding advice relationships, winning new clients and strengthening its offering to advice businesses and licensees. Craig Kouimanis ...

'Beyond warnings': ASIC to come down heavy on private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
The corporate regulator has urged the private credit sector to uplift standards, noting participants should prepare for enforcement action if they fail to do so. ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said the regulator is now "beyond warnings" and pushed ...
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