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Advisers favour third-party support in product selection

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... superannuation, Investment Trends says. According to its 2025 Adviser Product and Marketing Needs Report, which provides an analysis of how nearly 1000 Australian financial advisers make investment decisions, a significant number of advisers are relying ...

Three retirement products achieve double-digit returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... superannuation funds and a corporate plan achieved double-digit returns of 10% p.a. or more over the last three years, a new analysis from Rainmaker Information shows. UniSuper's Pension Balanced option and ANZ Australian Staff Super's ABP Balanced Growth ...

Lombard Odier acquires Dutch sustainable asset manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... under management (AUM) to US$10 billion ($15.3bn). Ownership Capital's long-term investment approach is built on deep analysis of "material sustainability factors" and active ownership engagement to deliver returns, it said. Its strategy was initially ...

Bravura, Future Group partner on digital advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... outstanding." In addition, Bravura has partnered with AIA Financial Wellbeing to build its first digital insurance needs analysis tool. Using Bravura's Midwinter technology, the tool will enable AIA Financial Wellbeing to provide a personalised, adviser-led ...

Future Group calls on super funds to push for bold emissions target

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... for a 75% reduction on 2005 levels, which it said could unlock $20 billion a year in capital investment. New scenario analysis from Deloitte Access Economics, prepared for Future Group, found that a strong 75% target could bring $20 billion of investment ...

CBA appoints head of Australian economics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... Markets Research (GEMR) team, having joined the bank in 2017. CBA said Allen has a long track record delivering insightful analysis and commentary on the Australian economy and financial markets. "Belinda has established herself as a trusted and authoritative ...

Binance under microscope over loose controls

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) directed Binance Australia to appoint an external auditor after "serious concerns" were identified from its independent review. The concerns are in relation to the crypto exchange's ...

ART raises stake in Tabcorp

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... increase in sports betting. In the seven years to 2022, there was a 57.6% increase in the number of men betting on sports, analysis of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey by The University of Melbourne shows. At the ...

Funds SA pushes for efficiencies with AI targets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... background. I suspect it'll end up being used for writing policies really soon, but it's very early days for front-end analysis - we're not there yet," he said. Naturally, there are strict guardrails in place to ensure risks are being managed. "When ...

Some Australians being taxed more on super than pay: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... wealth group have been the biggest beneficiaries of compulsory super, with an extra $11,388 to spend each year. The SMC analysis also found without compulsory super, half a million more Australians would rely on the Age Pension, costing taxpayers $12 ...