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ASIC alleges Choosi flogged Hannover life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
ASIC has taken Choosi to the Federal Court for allegedly failing to provide a range of comparable options on life and funeral insurance policies to customers and instead flogging products solely from Hannover Life Re. From at least 1 July 2019 and to ...

Zurich snatches Suncorp claims specialist

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed a new head of claims excellence for Australia and New Zealand from Suncorp. Currently serving as head of complex natural hazard home claims at Suncorp, Morris Garsin will join in August to drive Zurich's ...

Macquarie snaps up Brazil toll road system

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... Odinsa Transport Platform in Colombia and Ecuador. Further, the asset manager has other investments in the waste management, green energy and data centre sectors in Brazil, having first invested in 1999. Commenting, Macquarie AM Brazil country lead Fernando ...

BlackRock hires Housing Australia treasury chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... Launched five years later under her leadership, the initiative positioned the state as a pioneer in Australia's emerging green bond market, with Palmer marketing securities to institutional investors and managing balance sheet risks. She then moved ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
The country's financial services regulator unveils its 'capacity building' plans as sustainability reporting becomes a mandatory requirement for small to large Australian businesses - but it was its passing update on greenwashing as an enforcement ...

Responsible investing buoyed by instos: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
Responsible investing is buoyed by strong tailwinds coming from asset owners despite the political and regulatory headwinds, the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Conference heard this morning. The sector is being emboldened by institutional ...

Panic selling of SMSF assets 'totally unnecessary'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
SMSF Alliance principal David Busoli said panic selling of SMSF assets over concerns around the Albanese government's proposed 30% tax on superannuation assets over $3 million is "totally unnecessary" and urged people to "look at the facts". Busoli ...

US, China trade truce 'welcome' news for Australia: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... prepared to deal with the fallout from this, but we do have a lot of skin in the game." Meanwhile, deVere chief executive Nigel Green said the markets will likely be buoyed by the news. "Markets move fast-and they're going to be racing ahead of previous ...

Third Link adds three underlying Aussie equity managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
The investment manager of the Third Link Growth Fund has added three new Australian equity managers to its underlying portfolio to enhance the fund's active manager lineup, while broadening diversification and bolstering long-term returns. Australian ...

Reducing super tax cap to $2m 'a concern': FAAA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood has voiced concerns about the future of Div 296, given Labor's overwhelming victory at the federal election. The proposed 30% tax on superannuation balances above $3 million could ...