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Perpetual promotes two to strengthen fixed income team

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... outcomes." He also worked closely with Korber throughout his tenure, to which Gillespie said: "Michael's contribution, not only as a leader in our business but as one Australia's most respected credit and fixed income investors, has been enormous." ...

Retirement confidence highest since 2020: SSGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... fund. Interestingly, 40% refused to seek advice as they were confident in their own abilities - however this confidence does not necessarily translate into successful investments. SSGA head of investments for Australia Jonathan Shead said although the ...

Dai-ichi Life acquires 15% of M&G

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... our presence across Europe and the UK, accelerating our strategy to become a global top-tier insurance group. "M&G possesses not only a reputable and long-established life insurance business, but comprehensive asset management solutions in both public ...

AMP launches superannuation feature to boost retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... quality of life in retirement," Hillier said. AMP Super Lifetime is initially available to members under the age of 58 who've not met a full condition of release in their account. The feature has been automatically added for eligible AMP Super Choice ...

Awareness of options could boost advice access: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... Australians don't know they can use their superannuation to pay for financial advice. Seventy percent of Aussies said they were not aware this was an option. A further 22% said they did know it was an option, but didn't know a lot about it. Just 8% said ...

ASIC blasts managed funds' poor compliance plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... responsible entity. Consequently, these funds had no substantive compliance plan," ASIC said. Many REs exhibited poor practices of not addressing all regulatory obligations. For example, the review identified that most plans did not address the obligation ...

ART pinged by ASIC over misleading returns data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... result, the fund was handed an infringement notice to the tune of $18,780. ART paid the infringement notice, however doing so is not an admission of guilt. "ASIC issued this infringement notice because we were worried that the outdated data published ...

Allan Gray exposes 'hateful eight' bubble threat

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
Allan Gray chief investment officer Simon Mawhinney has sounded the alarm that the Australian stock market is dangerously concentrated, with the 'Hateful Eight' companies - the big four banks, Macquarie, Wesfarmers, Goodman Group, and Aristocrat - racking ...

Life insurers report another profitable quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... 2022. In a statement to Financial Standard, APRA recently said that it continues to monitor developments around IDII but does not have any specific commentary on this. As of late, claims handling has been a major, systemic issue for superannuation funds ...

Ironbark acquires family office firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... understanding of clients' goals, combined with personalised strategies, aligns with that vision. "We are excited to welcome not just the clients and people of Mercury but their expertise and insights as we continue to build our business." Mercury principal ...