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AI, corporate tax, skilled workers key to productivity: PC

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025

... years. Labour productivity growth, for example, has averaged just below 0.4% per year since 2015, compared to the 60-year average of 1.6% p.a. The COVID-19 pandemic was one deterrent in recent years, along with systemic factors that slowed productivity ...

Picture Wealth named fastest-growing planner: report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025

... client-facing to service approximately 12 million advice-ready Australians. The sector needs to move from an industry average ratio of 1 adviser to 141 clients, which is the current ratio according to industry data, to a ratio of 1 adviser to 1,000 clients. ...

Private debt leads fixed income returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025

... investors. "It was a robust 12-month period for fixed-income returns across the board to June 30, 2025. Not only were average returns positive across all Morningstar Categories, there was also a trend of higher-risk categories generating stronger returns ...

Financial services workers earn 12% pay rise

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025

... Matthew Dickason said. Hays calculated the gender pay gap at 10% with females earning less than their male counterparts on average. "This is more pronounced at higher income bands, even controlling for full-time roles, with men outnumbering women 2:1 ...

Praemium reports FUA increase to $64.3bn

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025

... of the outflows from transitioning advisers ($1.8 billion) and OneVue, the gross outflows are much closer to the market average for custodial platforms. As such, we expect more of our gross inflows to translate into net flows than has been the case r ...

Stop delaying Payday Super laws, says SMC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025

... bill now sitting at about $5.7 billion. Over the past decade, some $47 billion in super has gone unpaid. In FY23, the average impacted worker missed out on $1730 in super. In total, the cumulative impact of unpaid super can reach $30,000 at the time ...

MySuper delivers 10.3% in FY25

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025

MySuper options are set to deliver 10.3% p.a. on average for the 2025 financial year, according to Rainmaker Information. This is an improvement of 0.9 percentage points compared to the 2024 financial year's return. This also marks the third consecutive ...

Superannuation is Australia's 'productivity engine': ASFA

MATTHEW WAI | MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025

... super investments in the Australian economy has lifted the level of productivity and GDP by around 2%. ASFA added that an average full-time worker is reaping a "super productivity dividend" of around $2500 in pre-tax wages every year. Further, Australia's ...

Platinum, L1 merger to help fight 'organic business decline'

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025

Platinum's potential merger with L1 Capital - which saw the two parties enter a merger implementation deed earlier this week - may help save the business against ongoing decline but other hurdles remain, according to Morningstar equity analyst Shaun ...

Australia an 'efficient' market for multinationals

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025

... efficient markets. The report found that multinational organisations face 28.7% more management tasks in APAC than the global average. The analysis revealed major contrasts in processing times - from 11 days in Singapore to 64 days in Macau - creating ...

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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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