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Focus Financial names Aus exec chair

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
Focus Financial Partners appoints a new executive chair to oversee Focus' business units in Australia. The group has promoted Travis Danysh from chief corporate development officer to chief strategy officer, effective immediately. Under the newly-created ...

ESG labelling could 'destabilise' super system: RIAA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
... to see the introduction of a principles-based regime, with Parker saying product labelling "must be designed with super in mind first." However, she warned: "... if the bar for regulation and policy is set too low, the door will be thrown wide open to ...

ASIC turns spotlight on direct life sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... typically a complex and costly product, so it is important that sales practices are designed with customers' needs in mind. "Life companies need to place the customer at the very heart of their product and service proposition, including by using ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... following the passage of the US$3.6 trillion One Big Beautiful Bill. Fiscal risk has become a thing. "The concerns occupying our mind right now are longer dated government bonds in the US and are those safe?" says Grotzinger. "Is there more downside ...

HESTA to lower insurance fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... community services, ensuring simple access to appropriate and affordable insurance coverage is critical and can provide peace of mind to members and their families. "It's a great outcome for our more than one million members that we'll be able to help ...

Superannuation fraudster sentenced to prison

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... investment opportunities." When handing down the sentence, Judge Prskalo KC said: "At all times, you were the controlling mind of the scheme. Investors generally expressed their trust in you and as a result did not seek legal advice' and 'the gravamen ...

Former Qantas Super investment chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
Former Qantas Super investment lead Andrew Spence has joined a local multi-family office as partner and chief investment officer. Omnia Capital Partners has welcomed Spence, where he will lead portfolio construction and asset allocation and grow the ...

Treasury launches consultation on CSLR breaching sub-sector levy caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... paper reads. However, assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino is asking stakeholders: "What principles should the minister have in mind when considering high-level options for dealing with an excess estimate?" If the preferred option is a combination of a ...

Betashares adds global bond ETF to lineup

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... constructed with more efficient after-tax outcomes, as well as smoother cash distribution profiles, for Australian investors in mind." Betashares has over $14 billion in funds under management across cash and fixed income ETFs, and about $50 billion ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... to cut through the thickets of regulation that are slowing us down and ensure any new regulations are made with growth in mind," PC commissioner Barry Sterland said. The report urged the government to make a clear public commitment to reducing regulatory ...