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Zenith reaffirms Metrics ratings amid doubts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... remains 'highly recommended' under Zenith's assessment. Explaining the varied rating outcomes, Sebire told Financial Standard that it operates under a similar business model to other research houses, including Lonsec, and any discrepancy ...

Greece launches new innovation, infrastructure fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... the works for some time, with Greece looking to raise €5 billion as part of its economic recovery plan. BlackRock Financial Markets Advisory was appointed in 2023 to advise Greece on how best to achieve that and was in part reached by selling several ...

RBA's Hauser warns super funds of $1tn FX risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... bang at the heart of a quite exceptional period of uncertainty about the future direction of the global economic and financial system." Hauser said while Australian investors have always looked overseas for diversification, and to access a larger pool ...

Australian investors undeterred by global market turbulence

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... identifying allocations to homegrown companies and ETFs (71%). The research indicates strong confidence in managing wealth and financial futures, with 25% of respondents feeling confident, and 49% feeling somewhat confident. However, 30% of participants ...

ASIC appoints new chair, deputy chair and members to MDP

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... Gray after 15 years of service, including nine as the chair. Weekes comes with 30 years' executive experience in financial services and has served as a member of the MDP for 14 years, including several years as deputy chair. Anthony Brittain, executive ...

Former staffer sues ASX, Lofthouse over bullying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... over market outages. According to the concise statement filed in the Federal Court, seen and reported by the Australian Financial Review, Halstead is accusing Lofthouse of being "frequently passive-aggressive and belittling in her demeanour". Financial ...

Cbus vows faster death benefit payouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... days. About 3600 death claims were impacted, 1946 of which took more than 12 months to be processed. Cbus estimated the financial loss impacting members came to about $20 million. As part of the overhaul, the $101 billion super fund will change its trust ...

Young people want more from their life insurance: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... and wellness solutions over traditional life insurance," said Kartik Ramakrishnan, chief executive of Capgemini's financial services strategic business unit. Experts believe the solution is to evolve life insurance from something consumers buy and ...

FSC appoints two new directors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has welcomed two new directors; Scott Hartley and Daniel Shrimski, to its board. Hartley has been a leader of the Australian superannuation industry for more than two decades. He currently serves as chief executive ...

PPS Mutual appoints new chair

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... of directors. Asher brings 51 years of experience in the global life insurance industry. His career spans across the financial services sector, academia and industry bodies. Asher has had senior roles with Prudential in South Africa, APRA, and Deloitte's ...