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Equip Super rejigs insurance fees, policy terms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
Equip Super will roll out several changes to insurance premiums and policy terms from October that will affect most accumulation and defined benefit members. Equip Super accumulation and defined benefit members will see their premiums reduce for total ...

FS Power50 shortlist revealed, voting opens

STAFF WRITER  |  SATURDAY, 30 AUG 2025
Voting for Australia's most influential financial advisers in the 2025 Financial Standard Power50 is now open. The shortlist of 120 financial advisers who have progressed to the voting stage after receiving more than 200 nominations has been revealed. ...

Commonwealth Super delivers 'resilient' performance for FY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) posted its FY25 results, saying it continues to meet its objectives for members. The super fund delivered 10.6% for its default PSSap MySuper Balanced option, designed for Australian government employees ...

Vale Raymond Mason

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
Raymond "Chipp" Mason, the founder of Legg Mason, has passed away at the age of 88. He founded Mason & Co. in 1962 at the age of 25 after working in his family's brokerage business. In 1970, Legg & Co. acquired Mason & Co. to become Legg Mason. ...

Chalmers says tax reform coming, but offers no detail

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed the government intends to cut taxes but also that broader tax reform is necessary. "When it comes to tax, the government's tax policies haven't changed. Our major focus is on cutting taxes, two more times for every ...

ASIC turns spotlight on direct life sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
ASIC is warning life insurers to do better when it comes to their direct sales practices that have placed doubt on their compliance obligations and put consumer outcomes at risk. While some life insurance firms have improved since ASIC's 2018 review ...

Account number issue causes angst, undue admin work: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Flaws in Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) Tranche 1 has inundated financial advisers with angst and more administrative work thanks to confusion surrounding account number inclusion in consent forms, according to the Financial Advice Association ...

Trump signs order to open 401(k)s to private markets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
Citing better returns and diversification benefits, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to allow alternative assets, including cryptocurrencies, into 401(k) plans. The order calls for a review of the Department of Labor's guidance on ...

UniSuper's Chun honoured by FEAL

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
UniSuper chief executive Peter Chun was named the 2025 Fund Executive Association Limited's (FEAL) Fund Executive of the Year at the FEAL National Conference overnight. Chun was recognised for his leadership in promoting UniSuper beyond the university ...

Chalmers calls for solutions, not problems

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has laid out the groundwork for participants of the government's Economic Reform Roundtable so the focus can remain on problem solving. Ahead of the Roundtable, which will be held over three days from August 19 to 21, Treasury ...