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APRA levy to cost $243m in FY26

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
The total cost to keep APRA's enforcement activity going is set to be $243 million in the 2026 financial year, with the superannuation industry taking up about 30% of this amount. Super funds have been allocated $72.9 million to fund APRA's operations ...

FAAA expands policy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... pretty disappointing outcome considering the large amount of time and resources that have been invested over three years to finding ways to deliver high-quality financial advice to more Australians. "We will continue to analyse the draft legislation ...

Non-compete, restraint clauses to be outlawed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
From 2027, employers will no longer be able to impose non-compete clauses on employees earning less than $175,000. They will also not be able to exploit loopholes that block staff from joining competitors. Announced as part of the Federal Budget for ...

Frontier promotes staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... to bring new talent into the firm and the industry more broadly," he said. "Frontier has a long-standing reputation for finding and creating investment professionals of the highest calibre. That's well-known in the industry. These folks are continuing ...

Aussie instos on the hunt for niche opportunities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
Nuveen's Global Institutional Investor Survey has found that Australian investors are more likely to increase their allocations to private markets in the next five years and to seek out new niche opportunities within the asset class than their global ...

Clean energy strategies a gateway to long-term growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
Although fossil fuel investment has increased in the short term, all natural resources companies surveyed by Willis, a WTW business, have some form of a clean energy strategy. Willis' survey of 450 "senior decision markers" in energy and natural resources ...

BUSSQ abandons appeal, concedes to licence conditions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
BUSSQ has pulled the plug on its Federal Court appeal for a judicial review of APRA's additional licence conditions, caving to the regulator's edict. At the same time, APRA has tweaked the conditions it slapped on BUSSQ last August, which force ...

Three in five women lack retirement confidence

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
New research commissioned by Colonial First State (CFS) has highlighted significant disparities between men and women when it comes to retirement preparedness and financial confidence. The findings, based on a survey of 2250 Australians, revealed that ...

Industry must do more to improve women's financial literacy: Fidelity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... highlighted the increasing interest among younger generations in seeking financial advice, with one in two 'Gen Z' respondents finding financial advice appealing or very appealing. Jackson believes financial institutions have responsibility to support ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
The boards of superannuation trustees, insurers, and banks are on notice, with APRA proposing changes to "strengthen and streamline" governance requirements. The regulator has released eight proposals in what marks the first "significant update" of ...