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DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... right one for them in retirement, and no support for their retirement needs beyond an allocated pension or annuity - "this is not advice, it is product sales." Abood concluded that the section of the draft legislation "we all had high hopes for" - simplifying ...

Regal slashes holdings in Opthea over insolvency concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Regal Asian Investments (ASX:RG8) has significantly devalued its holdings in biopharmaceutical company Opthea after the latter flagged insolvency concerns amid the failure of a major clinical trial. RG8 has been forced to drop Opthea's value to ...

Roc Partners launches new PE fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Roc Partners has launched a new evergreen private equity fund, which it said is the first of its kind in Australia. The Roc Summit Private Equity Fund aims to provide access to a diversified portfolio of primarily Australian and New Zealand private ...

What to expect in the 2025 Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... infrastructure, manufacturing, and cost-of-living support. The budget is expected to deliver spending measures but to seek to not put upward pressure on inflation," Bloxham said. "Policymakers should focus on repairing the structural deficit, but in ...

My Dealer Services partners to enhance adviser education

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
The Sydney-based firm has secured access to Colonial First State's (CFS) FirstTech division for the more than 400 financial advisers within its network. The educational partnership provides My Dealer Services (MDS) adviser members with the "most up ...

Government plans to develop 'fit for purpose' digital asset regime

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and special envoy for cyber security and digital resilience Andrew Charlton have announced plans to develop a digital asset regime, aimed at providing clarity and certainty to the sector. They said this initiative would help to ...

New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... than 600 entrepreneurs in Cambodia and Indonesia, delivering returns on par with cash deposit rates at Australian banks, the not-for-profit said. "With one billion women worldwide having no access to financial services, it tackled the barriers many women-led ...

Splintered globalisation a boon for AI, metals, EVs: PGIM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
As geopolitical tensions and trade wars derail globalisation, artificial intelligence (AI), metals and minerals, and electric vehicles (EV) are some of the sectors poised to be winners for investors, new research from PGIM shows. This new era of globalisation ...

Australians 'overwhelmed' by retirement: Aware

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... retirement. The majority (91%) of Australians aged 45 and over believed their super is for their own use during retirement and not necessarily to leave to their children or grandchildren. "This evolving mindset reflects a broader shift in how Australians ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... keep appropriate records on file to demonstrate their compliance with legislative requirements, but this information does not need to be provided to the client unless requested, in line with the Privacy Act 1988, " the draft legislation reads. The CAR ...