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Institutional investors show signs uncertainty has peaked: State Street

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
The latest State Street Institutional Investor Indicators, tracking investor confidence, found most signs point to optimism despite ongoing global uncertainty. The State Street Risk Appetite rose to 0.54 at the end of July, marking the highest reading ...

CFS prices advice practice valuation gap at $1.1m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
Financial advice businesses have an estimated $1.1 million valuation gap, a new survey from Colonial First State (CFS) shows, as most advisers are not prepared for the planned and unplanned sale of their practices. The Hidden Value Report, produced ...

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 ...

Treasury launches retirement phase consultations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
Treasury has launched two consultations relating to the retirement phase, one of which seeks the right metrics and indicators to create transparency and improve retirement outcomes. The proposed Retirement Reporting Framework will require trustees to ...

PC recommends switch to digital financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... product or service, consumers are often asked to acknowledge lengthy, complex privacy policies that few have the time to read. In many cases, this is not providing the protection consumers expect, and it can be costly and difficult for businesses to ...

Treasury launches consultation on CSLR breaching sub-sector levy caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
Treasury today launched a consultation on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), considering options on how to deal with estimates that have drastically exceeded sub-sector levy caps. Released late Friday, the consultation paper is seeking feedback ...

Perpetual to launch fixed income active ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
Perpetual is readying to launch an actively managed fixed income ETF in early August. The Perpetual Diversified Income Active ETF (ASX: DIFF) will be an actively managed diversified portfolio of liquid, mainly investment-grade credit securities, with ...

Bullock reaffirms RBA's 'gradual easing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... the board knew there were upside risks to the quarterly inflation print when they met a few weeks ago," Ottley said. "Our read of the communication is that the bar not to cut is high. Provided trimmed mean CPI continues to decline in year-ended terms ...

AI, corporate tax, skilled workers key to productivity: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... expands and manufacturing becomes increasingly advanced, Australians will need more extensive skills and training," the report read. Adopting the latest digital technologies is another recommendation whereby "making better use of data can improve the ...

Picture Wealth named fastest-growing planner: report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
A financial planning group that began life as a fintech start-up is enjoying a rapid growth phase. Picture Wealth Advisory leads the top 10 AFSLs with the highest number of new advisers in the year to June, based on a new financial adviser report released ...