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Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... proved difficult to convince many people that this is a good strategy. "They continue to run on hope, but from my point of view hope is not a strategy," he says. "Nobody likes to pay insurance for their house, and maybe you can get away with not paying ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... being open about their medical history. That is a risk. This is not a good outcome for either customers or insurers. "Our view is that insurers should deal with mental health conditions in a fair and responsible way by assessing each customer's circumstances ...

'We have entered a new economic era': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... wildly. Most job classes will be affected in some way by AI, but suggestions of mass unemployment appear alarmist. In our view, evolution is more likely than revolution, but there is still a lot of water to go under the bridge." Lastly, the world is ...

ASX announces changes following independent review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
The ASX said it would implement recommendations from an independent panel review on the process for developing corporate governance principles and recommendations. In June, ASX informed members of the Corporate Governance Council that it had established ...

Carbon tax a 'missed opportunity': Debelle

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... done, but we lost a few Prime Ministers on the back of that one," Debelle said. "A carbon tax is, from an economic point of view, the most efficient way to align [with climate goals]." Debelle said one of the main impediments for encouraging large-scale ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... time to check on the performance of what were new schemes by relatively new responsible entities," he says. It's his view that had ASIC flexed the muscle given to it under 601FF, it would have spotted the issues with Shield and First Guardian much ...

FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) has a more than 135-year history in Australia. It was formed in 2005 by the merger of the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance, which was established by a group of bankers in 1886, and ...

Soul Patts focused on 'bespoke' private sector investing

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... ideas, where only the best ideas are being funded. It doesn't matter what asset class they're in. "We can take a view of the macro-economic environment and determine which asset classes are more attractive and allocate more capital to those assets." ...

ASIC reports 50% jump in investigations in FY25

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
ASIC has reported an increase of 50% in investigations and an almost 20% rise in new civil enforcement proceedings in the financial year 2025. In its report for the full year, ASIC highlighted a ramp up in its enforcement activity and work to address ...

Clime gains ground on culture, business model reset

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
Not done with pulling Clime Investment Management out of the red, managing director Michael Baragwanath's bold plans to turn the ship around entail a product and culture overhaul, and even giving away his short-term incentives (STI) to staff. After ...