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Productivity Commission makes 47 recommendations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... "Australia's productivity growth has stalled since 2016. We need to get productivity moving to ensure future generations can live better and more prosperous lives than those that came before them," Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood said. ...

Treasury seeks feedback on major super tax reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... FY26. Those above the $10 million threshold will affect less than 0.1% people. The draft bill - Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions) Bill 2025 - proposes to amend the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, Income Tax (Transitional ...

Most read in 2025: Financial advice

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... accounts offerings. 4. Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges' The long-awaited Tranche 2 of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes draft package was released in March, switching Statements of Advice for Client Advice Records and clarifying ...

Morningstar boosts analyst team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... appointments would strengthen the firm's research capability. "We are strengthening the breadth of our research to support better investor outcomes," he said.

AMP upgrades North

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... and digital Peter Batsakis said the new kind technology functions to address an industry need to support advisers provide better advise to clients, especially amidst an increasing retirement rate. "We have this ambition to make sure we get advice to ...

Mark Delaney to step down from AustralianSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... active role in the stewardship of investee companies, and bringing more investment management in house to help deliver better returns for members," Schroder said, adding that he will be deeply missed. "AustralianSuper led industry change in all these ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... our equity portfolio," PME's announcement stated. "We aim for a portfolio with a limited number of stocks, enabling us to better understand our investments and pursue an improved balance between risk, return, and sustainability. Implementing this strategy ...

AustralianSuper names chief platforms officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... outcomes," he said. "Technology and security are front and centre when we focus on simplicity and delivering value for members. Better technology and the careful use of AI will help make our popular app and web portal easier to use. This will give members ...

ASFA expands financial crime prevention framework for super trustees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... Delahunty said. "These resources will facilitate that uplift, by pulling together the relevant laws, prudential standards and better practice guidance in one place, and translating them into something readily accessible to trustees and service providers ...

AMP to pay $29m to settle class action

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... George said. Shine Lawyers said AMP "failed to inform their clients that they could obtain substantially equivalent or better insurance policies than the AMP life products from alternative insurers for lower premiums." The class action was seeking compensation ...