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Wealthy investors keep cash despite market optimism

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2026
Australia's high-net-worth investors remain optimistic about market returns but are retaining significant cash holdings as interest rates, inflation and policy uncertainty complicate investment decisions. Research from Praemium and CoreData's Rich Decisions ...

Regulating for culture

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2026
... capacity as a BHP director, but says the other two were clearly social gatherings with people she knew well and harder to cut her slack on such interactions. Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) chief executive Louise Davidson says the ...

'Flawed' CSLR model needs to be redesigned: SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... can continue paying compensation to eligible consumers. The Financial Advice Association Australia also urged Treasury to cut the CSLR special levy on the advice sector to zero and for super trustees to stump up for the scheme in the same consultatio ...

Life CCC spots 10.6k breaches in FY26

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
The Life Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has published its FY26 annual report, which saw over 10,600 breaches by insurers with close to 30,000 customers affected. Of the 10,697 breaches in FY26, a single insurer accounted for 10,105, who has been ...

FAAA says super trustees should stump up for CSLR

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has called on Treasury to cut the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) special levy on the advice sector to zero and for superannuation trustees to stump up for the scheme. Treasury recently commenced ...

FEATURE | Nature risk | Paved paradise

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 OCT 2026
... the mountain ash's major source of destruction, particularly from clearfell harvesting, in which most of the plants are cut down in one fell swoop. Brendan Wintle, the lead councillor of the Biodiversity Council, describes these as the "lungs" and ...

MLC Super cuts admin, investment fees

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
MLC Super will cut administration and investment fees for members from October 1, with 511,000 members set to benefit from lower costs across its superannuation options. The annual member administration fee will fall 23% from $78 to $60, reducing the ...

Metrics freezes redemptions behind listed funds as audit stalls

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
... preliminary figures released in August. All the three funds were also suspended from trading on Monday. Those adjustments cut the net tangible asset (NTA) backing of the three listed funds: by 2% for the Metrics Master Income Trust (MXT), 10% for the ...

APRA moves to cut regulatory burden

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2026
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is seeking to reduce unnecessary regulatory burden while maintaining prudential standards designed to support productivity and long-term financial stability. The regulator has outlined its approach ...

Regulatory reform omnibus bill passage trims CSLR levy disallowance period, payouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
The passage of Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026 overnight will amend how levies are collected under the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) and pay compensation to eligible victims more quickly. The package of reforms was passed by both houses ...
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