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Government releases draft payday super law

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... employer. Jones said employers will face tougher penalties for "longer, larger, and repeated failures." Notably, the Australian Taxation Office estimates $5.2 billion worth of super went unpaid in 2021-22. "This change will strengthen Australia's ...

Japanese asset manager enters Australian market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company (SMDAM) has entered the Australian market through an exclusive partnership with Axius Partners (Axius). As one of Japan's largest asset management firms, SMDAM will initially offer its Global Equity and Japanese ...

MLC Life explores new market

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
MLC Life has recruited a new general manager to help drive growth in the individual life insurance segment. Imran Lalani has been appointed general manager of emerging individual markets. He joins MLC Life Insurance with extensive experience in leadership ...

ART appoints insurance chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
Australian Retirement Trust has appointed the interim head of insurance to the job permanently. Matthew Finney is now chief executive of ART Life, an APRA-regulated insurance entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of the superannuation giant. Finney was ...

WTW names head of real assets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... Although Kelly held several titles at the global consultant - including senior strategist and head of growth for the Australian investment team - he also led real assets research. Szeto has served as associate director at WTW for over three years. Before ...

Asian family office sets up in Melbourne

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... to boutiques and family offices, Fong noted that this migration has been common for over a decade in most markets. "Australian superannuation funds have been growing their headcount over that time, coming into 2024, when that growth began to slow down," ...

Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
The first research from the e61-UNSW Policy Research Partnership has highlighted the major economic policy challenges faced by Australia and made five key recommendations ahead of this year's federal election. The research found that navigating United ...

Wilson AM to launch first monthly LIC strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... (LIC) will provide investors with a monthly income stream and capital growth with "less risk" once launched on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on April 30. The WAM Income Maximiser (ASX:WMX) aims to provide monthly franked dividends and capital ...

ASIC, ASFA spar over super fund trustees 'not knowing' their business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... does go wrong when governance implodes, while accusing directors of "not knowing" their business. In a speech at the Australian Institute of Company Directors Australian Governance Summit, Longo pointed to AustralianSuper's alleged delayed processing ...

ASIC slaps FIIG Securities with lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... by FIIG, but the fund manager also waited a week to act on the issue after having been notified of the hack by the Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD ACSC) on 2 June 2023, ASIC said. Prior to this contact, FIIG ...