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Anti-hawking exemption for advisers a 'silly carve out': SCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) is calling on the government to alter anti-hawking legislation to ensure consistency between selling financial services and financial products. In response to an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) consultation ...

Perpetual flags $153.7m impairment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... time of Perpetual reporting its 1H results, it flagged a non-cash impairment charge of $25.5 million because of J O Hambro's poor performance. In the March quarter, it saw continued net outflows of $1.8 billion. As at June 30, J O Hambro assets under ...

Vision Super divests G8 Education over abuse charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... disturbing, and our thoughts are with the children and their families. Our decision to sell the shares reflects the sector's poor long-term performance, concerns over the implications of the abuse, and heightened regulatory risk," Vision Super chief ...

AMP Super rolls out cashback feature

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
The new feature will allow AMP Super members to boost their retirement savings by earning cashbacks, which could grow their balances by as much as $100,000 when they retire. Despite the significant benefits of compounding, AMP found the concept is poorly ...

New chief executive takes IFPA helm

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... it's about refining it to meet the current needs of our professional community, especially those in practice who are time-poor and outcome-focused." Wilson said she welcomes the opportunity to step into the role. "As one of the oldest associations for ...

Return to office mandates to harm firms, careers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... being in place are becoming increasingly evident. The three main consequences identified are a lack of bonus payments, a poor annual review outcome regardless of performance, and risks to promotion and promotion oversight. However, what's most concerning ...

McKell Institute calls for CGT 'circuit breaker'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
A new paper from the McKell Institute calls for a major shake-up of capital gains tax (CGT) via a 'circuit breaker' proposal to the stalled national housing debate. The paper suggests increasing or decreasing the CGT discount is too simple of ...

Platinum, L1 merger to help fight 'organic business decline'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... added that he does not expect the potential merger to result in improved flows into Platinum's suite of funds "given their poor performance". "More broadly, the structural challenges facing traditional active managers like Platinum and L1 remain - namely ...

ASFA publishes new service standards on claims handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... September last year. This comes after ASIC has called out the superannuation industry on numerous occasions this year around poor claims handling times. The new ASFA standard applies to insurance claims and certain claims for early release of superannuation ...

Super funds given reprieve from Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... "This section of the legislation would have changed the risk return profile of investment in the US, which would have been a poor outcome for all involved. "The superannuation sector has around US$450 billion invested in the United States, the single ...