SIAA Monthly – February 2026

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FEATURE ARTICLES

• Celebrating 50 years of the Australian equity options market
  Marking half a century of options trading and looking ahead to the future.
• The Australian ETF Industry: Still in the early innings of a structural shift
  The Australian ETF market has quietly crossed a tipping point. What began as a low-cost alternative has evolved into one of the fastest-growing forces in modern financial history.
• Building tomorrow’s financial infrastructure today
  Over the past decade, a dominant theme of financial markets has been the emergence of industry disruptors and how they have democratised investment.
• Resilience in stockbroking: Why concentration risk and operational readiness matter more than ever
  For much of the past decade, resilience in stockbroking has been discussed in relatively narrow terms. Disaster recovery, system uptime, cyber security, and incident response have dominated the conversation. These remain essential. But they are no longer sufficient.
• Supporting Professional Standards: SIAA’s RG146 Accreditations explained
  As the premier education arm of the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA), our RG146-accredited courses are developed by the industry, for the industry. These accreditations equip professionals with real-world, regulatory-aligned knowledge and deliver CPD credits as mandated under the Professional Standards regime.
• Super snippets: A turn for the worse
  I’m sure readers would have been keeping up with the recent updates regarding the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort, commonly referred to as the CSLR, and the ever-increasing funding levies being imposed on financial advisers and their licensees.