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ASIC seeks 10-year extension of CFD protections

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
ASIC is proposing to extend its product intervention order governing contracts for difference (CFDs) until 2037, while tightening protections to address risks posed by increasingly varied ways of settling the complex, leveraged products. The regulator ...

Two in three Aussies support super top-up for carers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2026
Two in three Australians support a government-funded superannuation top-up for people who take time out of paid work to care for children or other family members, according to new research. Conducted by YouGov for Australian Retirement Trust (ART) with ...

Super funds bring more investment management inhouse

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
Australian superannuation funds are taking greater control of investment management, with internal teams accounting for a growing share of assets as funds increase in scale and investment sophistication. Rainmaker information analysis of 40 superannuation ...

HESTA unveils new leaders for property, financial risk

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
HESTA has named a pair of general managers, who will be joining the $107 billion super fund, joining from Aware Super and QIC. Daniel Tait will join as general manager, investment and financial risk later this month, while Briar Dowsett will commence ...

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 ...

ASIC appoints receivers to Star Investment Group

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2026
ASIC has secured the appointment of receivers to Star Investment Group Australia and associated entities following a further Federal Court hearing into the investment scheme. Justice Anderson on October 6 appointed Adrian Robert Hunter and Jonathon ...

Channel Capital awarded mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2026
Channel Capital has announced its subsidiary Channel Investment Management (CIML) has been appointed Responsible Entity of the CBRE Australian Property Securities Fund. Established in February 1993, the fund is one of Australia's long-standing listed ...

Finura brings AI engineering in house with merger

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2026
Finura Group has merged with a software engineering business to bring artificial intelligence (AI) agent technology and sovereign cloud services in house. The holding company behind the Advice Designer software platform and WeatlhTech consultancy services ...

Minister's proposal to avert tariffs 'ill-advised': SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2026
The Super Members Council (SMC) has rubbished minister for trade and tourism Don Farrell's suggestion to invest super member's savings in US meat-processing facilities to avert lamb tariffs. The comments follow One Nation's proposal offering Australians ...

HESTA lowers investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2026
HESTA has announced lower investment fees and costs across most of its core investment options for the 2025/26 financial year. The changes, reflected in HESTA Super's updated 30 September Product Disclosure Statement, show investment fees and costs ...
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