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Licensees slash compliance spending: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
An alarming number of licensees are spending less on compliance, a new survey from Holley Nethercote shows, but a slew of reforms slated within the next 18 months could catch them off guard. Out of the 179 AFS Licensees and 29 credit licensees surveyed ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... excessive level of risk." Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt said this was "a strong result" that reflected years of work to ensure the portfolio is "resilient and flexible to a range of scenarios." "We're seeing consequential changes in geopolitical ...

What Labor's second term means for regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... morning that a change in government is something that regulatory bodies watch closely as the outcome directly impacts their work. "In the lead up to an election, you are watching the policies that are coming out from both sides, and frantically trying ...

New ACCC chief named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... including executive general manager of the ACCC Infrastructure Division between 2020 and 2024 with oversight of the ACCC's work across telecommunications, rail, ports, airports, electricity and gas as well as the 2023 Childcare Inquiry. Proudfoot was ...

ETF Shares introduces three ETFs on Cboe

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
ETF Shares will debut three ETFs on Cboe Australia tomorrow in a bid to stake a claim in the "highly concentrated" market. ETFS US Quality ETF (BEST), ETFS US Technology ETF (WWW) and ETFS Magnificent 7+ ETF (HUGE) all invest in US shares and charge ...

ASIC streamlines AFSL applications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
The regulator launched a new digital portal for Australian financial services licence (AFSL) applications. From today, those wishing to gain an AFSL can use ASIC's new portal, integrated with the ASIC Regulatory Portal. It has a new interface and method ...

Global economic uncertainty the main priority: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... non-compete clauses and reviving national competition policy. "We commissioned from the Productivity Commission five big pieces of work on the main drivers, the main pillars of productivity in our economy. We'll see that in the third quarter of this ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... Schubert said the election result was a clear message that Australians want a strong super system. "SMC will continue to work across the full breadth of the Parliament to progress a positive policy agenda to make Australia's world-envied super system ...

The top Australian small-cap fund, year after year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... attracts scepticism from investors, short sellers, and those who missed out. To hold on through that, you need to have done the work and trust your process, he said. That said, he acknowledged the team isn't infallible and is constantly learning, adding ...

Coalition's super on PPL plan 'deeply worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... forward estimates, but the ACTU said it would make it much harder for women to get enough guaranteed childcare to look for work or increase their hours. ACTU president Michele O'Neil slammed the proposals saying the Coalition has "never tried to understand ...