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ASIC turns spotlight on direct life sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... improved are claims disputes for directly sold policies, still significantly increasing across all channels with dispute rates more than doubling since 2018. "There have also been concerning increases in rates of disputes involving policies sold through ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... tariff policies and a stream of invective directed at the US Federal Reserve, which is stubbornly refusing to cut interest rates on command. Perhaps market sentiment has become immune to these gyrations, or perhaps there is a new normal with volatility ...

RBA cuts rates, experts debate next moves

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... approach to bringing down the cash rate. "Inflation has fallen substantially since the peak in 2022, as higher interest rates have been working to bring aggregate demand and potential supply closer towards balance," the board said. "The board nevertheless ...

RBA cut 'highly likely', but caution remains

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... dynamic global bond strategy Scott Solomon said unlike the last meeting where the central bank surprised many by leaving rates on hold, a cut this month is expected. "Similar to the rest of the world, Australia's economy has hit a bit of a soft patch ...

Treasury launches retirement phase consultations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... possible indicator for measuring fund offerings can be providing members options for drawdowns other than minimum drawdown rates (MDR) for account-based pensions. The paper suggests a simple indicator could include "a 'Yes'/'No' response ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... under $1 billion, which it said would lift business investment and productivity growth. The PC report said lower company tax rates were likely to attract more overseas firms to invest in Australia, help people start and grow businesses, and strengthen ...

Perpetual to launch fixed income active ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... access directly, such as senior debt and subordinated bank debt. "We believe DIFF sits in the fixed income sweet spot as rates fall and equities overheat," Perpetual said. The fund will be managed by Perpetual head of credit and fixed income Vivek Prabhu ...

'We're proceeding' with Div 296: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... legislation in the parliament, we made it really clear that our first priority was student debt relief, protecting penalty rates, making medicines cheaper, making it easier to crack down on childcare centres which aren't up to scratch. Those have been ...

RBA cut all but certain: Experts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... Australia's (RBA) target range of 2-3%, KPMG chief economist Brendan Rynne said there is "nothing stopping the RBA from cutting rates now". "The fall in headline inflation from 2.4% to 2.2% should give further comfort to the RBA that inflation is on ...

Economic growth has 'moderated': CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... performance of Australia's states and territories is being supported by a combination of slowing inflation, falling interest rates, rising real wages, robust government spending and a solid labour market. "But economic growth has moderated, held back ...