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Platinum funds merger to go ahead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... proposal addresses the PAI board's stated aims of permanently solving for the share price discount-to-net tangible assets, a problem that plagues almost all listed closed ended vehicles, while, at the same time, retaining the investment manager and strategy ...

Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Members increasingly demand superannuation funds to provide ethical investment options, particularly retirees who want to leave a more sustainable world for the next generation, top super fund leaders say. Attending the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

The super fund scouring the dark web to protect members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... likely due to greater technology reliance by organisations, which criminals were quick to exploit. While not a unique problem to superannuation, Kumara mooted that the industry may have drawn more attention from cybercriminals over the past year because ...

APRA hits ANZ with $1bn capital penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... shortcomings. APRA chair John Lonsdale said the regulator was not prepared to wait for the possibility of a serious prudential problem crystallising at ANZ before taking action. "ANZ remains financially sound with robust levels of capital and liquidity ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... "Listings on our public markets have been in decline for some time, so we need to understand more about whether that's a problem or not. In the private markets, we're seeing increasing levels of investment by people particularly [by] superannuation ...

CSLR costs driven by poor advice: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) lead ombudsman, investments and advice Shail Singh has told financial advisers that poor practices are the main contributor to the soaring costs of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). "It's ...

Fink takes private markets to next level

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... tokenised funds "will become as familiar to investors as ETFs". But this is contingent on solving the identity verification problem. "Trade venues like NYSE and MarketAxess manage to do the same for buying and selling securities. But tokenised assets ...

Insurance in super remains a mystery to millions of Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
There is still millions of Australians paying for default insurance cover through their superannuation that they don't know about or understand, according to Super Consumers Australia (SCA). SCA found that 19% of people are unsure whether they have ...

ASIC told to 'end the chaos' of ASX CHESS issues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has released its final report on its reviews into ASIC. Committee chair Daniel Mulino MP said the report covered key issues relating to how the regulator deals with complaints and how it executes ...

Productivity problem a long-term trend: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
Australia's productivity continued to stagnate in the December quarter, suggesting that the productivity problem may be part of a long-term trend. The Productivity Commission's (PC) latest quarterly productivity bulletin found labour productivity ...