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Retirees should put 80% of balance into annuities: Grattan

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... retirement guidance from a super fund runs the risk of being conflicted, many people won't trust it," Grattan Institute said in January 2025. And, lastly, the report recommended APRA be directed to conduct regular performance tests on account-based pensions ...

GIM director slapped with travel restraints

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... they paid large sums, sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars each, to company bank accounts between October 2024 and January 2025, including one account with the Commonwealth Bank," the article read. "However, they say they were notified of suspected ...

ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... corrections to customer. Another $40 million in civil penalties relate to failing to pay bonus interest between July 2013 and January 2024. ANZ promised to pay introductory bonus interest to customers who opened certain new accounts. However, due to ...

Latest adviser exam sees 69% pass

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... Register, which is required by ASIC's imposed qualification standards. The deadline to meet the qualification standards is 1 January 2026, and according to ASIC, as at June there were more than 4600 relevant providers yet to meet the standards. The next ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... businesses are able to halve the time it takes to process, it unlocks so much value," Davis says. Cheaper, faster, stronger On January 21, Microsoft's OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, announced it would spend US$500 billion over the next four years ...

Binance names head of APAC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... audit. Binance has more than 250 million registered users and more than US$160 billion in user assets under custody as at January this year.

K2 Asset Management seeks M&A partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... structures, and prudent cost management practices support this positive outlook." Wight was promoted to chief executive in January after serving as managing director and head of responsible entity and trustee services since 2005. Wight added that the ...

ASIC flags firm grip on private and public markets, super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... 2024 and early 2025, ASIC initiated court proceedings against two super funds over their claims handling practices. In January 2025, we called out trustees for weak scam and fraud practices. Then, in March, we released our landmark report on the poor ...

Former adviser back in Australia to face theft charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025
... being extradited back to Australia from New Zealand. Marion Pearson allegedly stole $4.1 million from 13 clients between January 2009 and October 2013. She then fled to New Zealand, with the Federal Court making interim asset preservation orders against ...

ASIC warns of 'sharp rise' in financial misconduct

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... retail investors. ASIC's half-year reports of misconduct data shows that there were 7561 reports of misconduct from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025, raising 11,060 issues across the financial services and retail investor segment; corporations and corporate ...