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APRA reorganises as it sets sights on superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... arise," he said. "In supervision, we will retain a close watch on risk culture and risk management, with climate change and crisis preparedness to be areas of particular focus over the next year. "As always, we will back up our approach with a strong ...

Heightened costs push young Aussies to plan ahead: HESTA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... sacrificing and using online calculators to keep track of their superannuation. The study surveyed 1000 Australians on what the crisis had caused them to do over the past 12 months. It stated that 41% of the total respondents across all age groups have ...

Short-termism damaging Australian economy: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... is unacceptable in one of the richest countries in the world on a per capita basis. "Housing affordability has reached crisis point and rates of chronic disease and mental illness are rising." Wilson said there were several opportunities for Australia ...

Regulators given new powers to protect financial markets in crises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
... legislation that will put in place new powers for regulators to protect financial market infrastructure in the event of a crisis. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the new laws will provide regulators with more powers to manage financial market infrastructure ...

Australia's safety nets 'stretched too thin': CALI

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... leaves 3.4 million people with inadequate protection in critical moments, the report said. "We have an advice accessibility crisis in this country. In the past three months alone, almost a third of Australians considered seeking financial advice on life ...

Brookfield expands $1bn student accommodation portfolio

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... the living sector in Australia." Kaneshamoorthy highlighted that student accommodation can also ease the nation's housing crisis. "Providing quality accommodation for domestic and international students takes pressure off the rental market in university ...

The four Ds to watch in the decades to come: La Trobe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... is the continuing rise of private credit," he noted, describing it as a "second order impact from the Global Financial Crisis." Just recently, and for the first time ever, the amount of passively managed assets on US stock exchanges is now greater than ...

AustralianSuper, HESTA acquire majority stake in housing developer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... housing. Through investments like this, super funds can play an important role in responding to the current housing supply crisis while delivering on our purpose for members," Schroder said. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey, meanwhile, noted that Australia's ...

Wealth managers rev up for Lifeline, Starlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... We're eager to welcome everyone back this November for a day of fun and philanthropy." Lifeline's 24-hour telephone crisis line, 13 11 14, operates in 41 centres with the help of 10,000 volunteers who assist Australians experiencing emotional ...

'Growing revenues, not AUM, is the new name of the game': ISS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... under 50% by the end of 2023, down from 72% at the end of 2014. "Over the period, the seemingly never-ending post-financial crisis bull market run, during which investors enjoyed 13 years of growth with modest and short-lived dips, gave the broad-based ...