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Another industry body urges Division 296 reconsideration

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... familiar with land tax, which is also a taxation system that is based on unrealised capital gains. "Whether or not that means you need to pay the tax at the time, or whether there should be some reform done to that bill that would see a debt held over. ...

Insurers' approaches reinforcing mental health stigma: Life CCC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... categorically incorrect, McClelland said these practices "do not" align with the spirit of the Code. "Defaulting to exclusions means that customers are not being seen as individuals," she added. "Insurers need to show that they are genuinely weighing ...

AMP settles class action for $120m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... it makes no admission of liability. "The settlement of this class action is another important step forward for AMP, which means we can put this legacy matter behind us," AMP chief executive Alexis George said. "We have transformed our superannuation ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... need to think about their client's risk capacity, which is based on our human capital and our financial capital. And that means, just quantitatively speaking, if there's a market crash and you lost 60% of your net worth, are you going to be sleeping ...

Perth man found guilty of $34m fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... and October 2018, Marco obtained over $36.5 million from nine investors with intent to defraud, by deceit or fraudulent means. In July 2022, Marco was initially charged with 50 counts of fraud, but the matter proceeded to trial on 43 counts. Following ...

ASIC culls red tape, sets sights on more

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... been focused on simplifying how we regulate," Longo said. "Simpler, clearer regulation is more enforceable, but it also means more seamless interactions with ASIC, more understandable rules to protect consumers, and clearer compliance requirements." ...

FAAA calls for other sectors to help pay $67m CSLR bill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... with very limited capacity to absorb extra costs." Abood said the inability of the scheme to attribute loss more broadly means the advice industry is "unreasonably expected" to carry the bulk of the load. In July, the CSLR updated its levy estimate for ...

Australian Ethical FUM approaches $14bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
... options and for investors across a range of our funds," McMurdo said. "Momentum across our business over the last five years means we have grown more than threefold, from $4.05 billion FUM at 30 June 2020 to nearly $14 billion today, with underlying ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... direct our efforts and finite resources to areas where we see the greatest risks and potential harms. In some cases, that means continuing work already underway, such as our efforts to combat high-risk super switching. In other cases, this means pivoting ...

QIC harvests rare earth elements to turbocharge net zero transition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... director Ben Emery said the project is estimated to have a short construction time owing to the surface level deposit. "This means Sandy Mitchell can be quickly developed and start production with simple mining and low environmental impacts," Emery said. ...