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Skills gap crisis costing Australia $3.5bn a year

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025

School-leaver job uncertainty and the widening skills gap is costing the Australian economy billions of dollars every year, according to a new report by Year13 and HEDx. The report, which highlights the challenges faced by students in post-school transition ...

Tariffs not the only inflationary risk: Colchester

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025

... uncertain, he said. Additionally in the US, the enormous budget deficit remains a critical issue. However, Simpson highlighted the gap between the US and Australia on health spending and argued that the US could benefit by lowering its spending to Australia's ...

MLC Life explores new market

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025

... whether direct to consumer, via affinity referral relationships and strategic alliance partnerships, whether bridging the gap between retail/advised and direct/digital-first propositions - and most recently, rapidly scaling the Lifebroker business," ...

Asian family office sets up in Melbourne

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025

... also did a two-year stint running capital markets advisory at EY. Fong said the potential for growth lies in bridging the gap between family offices and institutional clients, between digital assets and traditional finance. He sees second and third-generation ...

Wilson AM to launch first monthly LIC strategy

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025

... universe beyond a traditional dividend-harvesting strategy." WAM chair Geoff Wilson added that WMX capitalises on the "critical gap" in the Australian equity market. "... particularly where recent changes to abolish 'bank hybrids' have significantly ...

UK regulators abandon DEI reporting push

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025

... duplication with already planned reform agendas, including in relation to gender action plans, and disability and ethnicity pay gap reporting. Rathi added that the regulators continue to support voluntary industry initiatives on this front. Meantime ...

HNW clients demand more non-custody assets: Study

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025

More high-net-worth (HNW) clients are investing in non-custody assets as 75% of financial advisers report a growing demand in unique opportunities such private equity and other alternatives, a new survey from Praemium finds. Such assets comprise an ...

Data is our biggest challenge: Aware Super

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025

Aware Super is around 18 months into a two-year project to ensure it has more robust and reliable data which can be used to inform better investment decisions. In March 2023, Aware Super head of income and markets Michael Clavin spoke to Financial Standard ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025

... The financial services industry has made modest inroads with gender parity, and closing the wealth and financial literacy gap, but the reality is accelerated action is needed from the government and private sector to tackle entrenched inequalities as ...

Tokenisation can save US$135m in back-office costs: Study

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025

Tokenisation can save the asset management industry US$135 billion in back office and administrative costs that drain the bottom line, a new study from Calastone found. The survey of 26 asset managers from Asia, the UK, US and Europe expressed their ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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