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‍Padua recruits tech professional

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... he managed IT regulatory obligations. Before that, he was general manager of policy and policy & regulation at the Australian Retail Credit Association and held senior roles at AMP, Asteron Life, Zurich, and the Financial Planning Association. He reports ...

Equity Trustees rapped over the knuckles by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... of the Asian Development Bank, European Investment Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Australian Postal Corporation, and TCorp. The fund aims to provide returns above the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0-5 Yr Index across all ...

Golden parachutes deflate rapidly for some, not all ASX chiefs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... 15 years. However, in the same period, those at companies outside of the ASX 100 rose considerably. Research by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) shows the golden parachute payments to ASX 100 chief executives totalled just $8.38 ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has cast productivity as the government's chief priority, with budget sustainability and resilience also among its key focuses but made the case that sensible progress can't be made without proper consideration of more tax reform ...

En garde: New fund eyes Vanguard, Betashares' turf

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... Global X may plan to challenge the incumbents where they're arguably strongest. Clues to Global X's intentions lie in an Australian Business Number (ABN) registration titled 'The Trustee for Global X 300 ETF.' A few weeks earlier, a separate entry appeared ...

Australian wealth increases despite variable global growth: UBS

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... comparable nations like the UK, New Zealand and others. Other key findings include average wealth growing by almost 4% per Australian adult in 2024 over the year before, and over 15% since the beginning of the decade, UBS found. "Median wealth has fared ...

Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... yesterday. Combet, who succeeded Peter Costello as chair last year, said the Future Fund now has the authority to "undertake Australian infrastructure and property sector transactions" and to "manage assets without an external investment manager." This ...

CareSuper chief member officer to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... fund has also added two new directors - Robert Potter and Wayne Davy. Potter is a former national secretary of the Australian Services Union and former vice president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. He has also previously served on the board ...

Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
Small industry super funds lead on trust, service, and value for money, according to CoreData's annual member engagement survey. CoreData research consultant Alana Devitt told Financial Standard that members' trust in small industry funds is built through ...

Rest pilots Payday Super tech, moves to implement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
The $93 billion super fund will now work with its administrator to implement the Wrkr employer services platform in preparation for Payday Super. Rest completed a trial of Wrkr's employer services platform alongside MUFG Retirement Solutions, Rest employers ...