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Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Rest is the latest fund to botch its handling of insurance - this time for incorrectly charging uninsured members for coverage - adding to a growing pile of industry failures. Rest's mishandling comes as other major superannuation funds have been caught ...

Local family office backs new venture to invest in climate tech

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
The family office of Daniel Besen has become an anchor investor in new venture capital firm Climate Tech Partners, investing in "innovative software and hardware companies" accelerating decarbonisation. Climate Tech Partners was founded by Patrick Sieb ...

Global X launches Russell 2000 ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
Global X ETFs has launched Australia's only exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the Russell 2000 Capped Index. The Global X Russell 2000 (ASX: RSSL) offers exposure to small cap stocks listed in the US. The index has higher weightings in financials ...

Australians don't trust politicians with their super: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
Australians overwhelmingly distrust the government on superannuation taxes and are wary of placing their confidence in the opposition, according to a new nationwide poll. The nationally representative poll, commissioned by the Financial Services Council ...

Cbus faces fresh investigation over fund expenditure practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
Cbus is under investigation by APRA for possible breaches of superannuation legislation, with the regulator announcing the probe alongside a court-enforceable undertaking to address the super fund's risk management and oversight of key fund services. ...

Trump tariffs to hit Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
US President Donald Trump is set to announce 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports, which will apply to all countries, including Australia. AMP chief economist Shane Oliver told Financial Standard that while Australia exports about $808 million ...

Most retirees who rent live in poverty: Grattan Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Most retirees who rent live in poverty, including more than three in four single women, and this problem is set to get worse, according to a Grattan Institute report. While the Age Pension provides an adequate, albeit modest income in retirement for ...

Independent financial planning boutique opens in Brisbane

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
Rebecca Scarrabelotti, formerly of Morgans Financial, has opened an independent financial planning boutique - Brisbane Independent Financial Advisory. Scarrabelotti's clients at her new advice practice are typically affluent and over 50. "They [my ...

intelliflo releases trust modelling capabilities for advisers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
intelliflo, a cloud-based technology solution, has released trust modelling capabilities to its intelliflo office - a business management system - for financial advisers. The update allows advisers to make cashflow projections as well as add customised ...

Viola Private Wealth appoints family office wealth adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
Viola Private Wealth has appointed a financial adviser from Mutual Trust, Australia's largest multi-family office, to deliver bespoke, wealth management solutions. The new appointee, Angus Mann, has a 17-year career in financial services, most recently ...