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Regulators note advances in life insurers' practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... increases might not have aligned with policy terms or met policyholder expectations set by disclosure and marketing materials, though has since noted progress. The regulators said life companies need to strengthen their risk management and compliance ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... SMSFs sit at $1 trillion. Total superannuation assets hit $4.1 trillion, up from $3.9 trillion a year prior, a 5% increase, though they dipped 0.8% over the quarter. Total contributions rose from $177.2 billion to $202.8 billion over the year, a 14.5% ...

Large penalties against super funds are appropriate: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... which they'll set the fine for penalty. So that is a matter for the courts," she said. "The way ASIC thinks about it, though, is that we need to do our job, and our job by law is to bring full force and effect for law. Where we see this sort of failure ...

La Trobe debuts first ASX-listed investment product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
La Trobe Financial, the Brookfield-owned alternative asset manager with $20 billion in assets under management, has launched its first fund on the ASX. The IPO seeks to raise between $100 million and $300 million, with units priced at $2.00. La Trobe ...

Cost-of-living, unaffordable advice fuels financial stress: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
Even with more potential interest rate cuts in the works, Australians feel as though their financial situation is in dire straits as many struggle with the cost-of-living crisis and do not know the best place to seek financial advice, new surveys reveal. ...

DeepSeek, Alibaba: Silver linings for emerging markets strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... sabbatical, Ma reportedly taught and conducted research at universities while Alibaba wasted away. "In the last couple of years, though, Alibaba has rebuilt itself, focusing on its cloud business, which is partly why it's now doing so well," Whiting ...

Vanguard Super leads in organic growth: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... management (AUM) and membership, according to a KPMG report. CareSuper technically had the highest growth in AUM and membership, though this was primarily driven by its recent merger with Spirit Super. The report also highlighted the continued expansion ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... controls in manager selection. This has been done so that CFS's managers have greater alignment with the benchmark, though that's not to say that they're benchmark hugging. "One of the aspects we found has helped us as the market became more ...

Analyst promotions: Frontier, Fidelity, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
Frontier Advisors has announced the appointment of Jacqueline Darwis as an associate in the firm's real assets team. Darwis brings research and consulting experience in the property sector and joins Frontier from PPC Urban, where she carried out ...

'Lunatic' tariffs can directly hit Australia: Academics

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... sense, he just wants to pull up the drawbridge and make America essentially autarchic. But there's one thing to be said, though, and that is even the Trump administration is not immune to market forces." White added this was evident in Trump's ...