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Beware creep of cancel culture into super fund governance: Lawyer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... circumstances - became code for virtue signally, 'woke,' or knee-jerk reactions to current events playing out in the news. "When APRA says a change in personal circumstances should trigger a reassessment of someone's fitness and propriety ...

Industry must do more to improve women's financial literacy: Fidelity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... they use finfluencers for financial information compared to 36% of men. Instead, women are more likely to turn to financial news websites and publications, and friends and families, Fidelity found.

Perpetual appoints demerger specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... trust businesses to KKR. While the deal was nixed last month for tax reasons, Perpetual chief executive Bernard Reilly said news of the KKR deal collapse had prompted "eager bidders to emerge." Hong arrived from NSW Treasury, where, for three years ...

Acenda names inaugural chair

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... services that meet the evolving needs of more Australians and New Zealanders, now and into the future," Shimizu said. The news follows the recent announcement of a new chief risk officer earlier this month, and a couple of c-suite appointments in September ...

Treasury drafts superannuation retirement income principles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... solutions," Clarke said. "An account-based pension can't do it all, so therefore, a suite of products is required. "The good news for super funds is that there are more providers than there were four years ago that would be willing to partner with them ...

ASIC proposes further breach reporting relief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... simplification opportunities that whoever forms the next government should be identifying," the FSC said. "It is welcome news the regulator has moved ahead of the government on this." FSC chief executive Blake Briggs said the regulator has acknowledged ...

Global tariffs to spike under Trump: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... anchored by the US." Masters warned investors of the high degree of uncertainty and volatility they face. But there is good news. "We've got used to scenario planning. We're more nimble than we were pre-pandemic, higher for longer interest rates ...

Advisers must improve public awareness to win Australians' trust: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
Financial advisers will need to improve public awareness to win over millions of Australians, many of whom still don't know what an adviser does or how they add value, according to an intelliflo whitepaper. The emphasis to articulate what a professional ...

Trump tariffs to hit Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... all steel and aluminium produced in the US, not in Australia or anywhere else.'" Overall, Oliver said the tariffs are bad news for steel and aluminium producers, but the impact on the broader Australian economy will be minimal. The bigger concern, he ...

FAAA 'frustrated' as Dixon inquiry delayed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... massive implications for those in the advice industry, especially given the growing cost of the CSLR. "When faced with the news last week that not only will the scheme potentially cost the advice profession $70 million in 2025/26, but in fact much more ...