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ASIC warns it can't take action on every case of misconduct

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... regulate crypto assets and businesses to the extent they involve financial products or services. "I want to emphasise, though, that the question as to whether a particular crypto asset or related product is a financial product will remain every bit as ...

ASIC bans Queensland financial adviser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... adequately supervising representatives. Rose's banning has been recorded on ASIC's banned and disqualified register, though he has the right to appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of ASIC's decision.

AustralianSuper's move to boost productivity by up to 30%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
AustralianSuper announced it would be one of 600 companies globally to participate in the Copilot for Microsoft 365 Early Access Program (EAP). AustralianSuper's chief technology officer Mike Backeberg said the move to introduce artificial intelligence ...

Policymakers face significant challenge in regulating AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... protect society," Hebner said. "Unfortunately, such an outcome seems highly likely given the political pressure to act, even though we have little idea what the AI ecosystem is going to look like just a few years down the road." The whitepaper noted ...

Advised investors spurring SMSF rebound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... strategic relationships at AUSIEX said. The share of new accounts opened by advisers for millennials rose 3.85% by comparison, though were significantly fewer in numerical terms. In contrast, the number of new accounts created for self-directed SMSF ...

Half of super funds to close in coming decade: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... funds are platforms or have large portions of their funds that are. Mercer said it expects this to significantly decline, though not the assets managed through platforms. "It is likely that these 'surviving' platforms will be those that see a path to ...

Global dividends reached record high in 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... shareholders, Asia looks likely to pick up, and dividends in Europe are well covered," he said. "From a sector perspective, even though the rapid growth we have seen from banks around the world is going to slow this year, the rapid declines from the ...

Alex Dunnin bids farewell to Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... classroom, taking on teenagers and math and business studies classes. He certainly won't be forgetting where he's come from, though. "If I can do something positive at the high schools I may work with, it will be to help reset the way we talk about financial ...

Overhaul of TPD structure, pricing needed: MLC Life

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
Close to half of Australian workers have three months or less savings to get them through a disability impacting their ability to work, and women are particularly at risk, according to new research by MLC Life Insurance. The research, conducted by Freshwater ...

Warren Buffet honours Charlie Munger in Berkshire shareholder letter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... respond to market seizures with both huge sums and certainty of performance may offer an occasional large-scale opportunity. "Though the stock market is massively larger than it was in our early years, today's active participants are neither more emotionally ...