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Showcase: A technical advantage

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
Flexible choices can drive higher retirement balances. Modelling from the 2026 Intergenerational Report (IGR) released in September predicts that by 2065-66, the number of Australians aged 85 or older will triple to 1.9 million - a huge cohort that ...

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 ...

FEATURE | Governance | Stumping up

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
"No one can predict a fraud in advance. We're not clairvoyants." The chair of Diversa Trustees, Vincent Plant, testified before last month's parliamentary committee inquiry into the collapse of the Shield and First Guardian master funds. The ...

'Flawed' CSLR model needs to be redesigned: SMC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
The latest proposal from the government to see super funds contribute to the Compensation Scheme as a Last Resort (CSLR) would force everyday Australians to fund failures which arose in unrelated high-risk financial services, the Super Members Council ...

ASIC flags gaps in super fund valuations

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
ASIC has called for stronger scrutiny of unlisted investments after finding persistent weakness in how some superannuation funds and auditors assess asset valuations, raising concerns about the accuracy of members' retirement balances. The regulators ...

Former Western AM investment chief to receive final judgement

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2026
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has moved for a final judgement against the former co-chief investment officer of Western Asset Management, which could result in $147 million (US$103m) returned to harmed investors. The SEC is advancing ...

Genetic testing ban takes effect for life insurance

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2026
Australians can access genetic testing without risking discrimination in life insurance under a new ban that took effect on October 8, with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) also updating its rules to handle complaints involving adverse ...

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 ...

CALI outlines Life Code changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
Australia's life insurers have set out their action plan with an aim to strengthen their commitments to customers under the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code), following an independent review commissioned by the industry. The industry has committed ...

Metrics freezes redemptions behind listed funds as audit stalls

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
Metrics Credit Partners has suspended redemptions in the unlisted wholesale funds that underpin its three ASX-listed strategies, according to an ASX statement by the funds' responsible entity. Media reports have named the MCP Wholesale Investments ...
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