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

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... "The priority now should be to grow jobs and the incomes of people struggling after a decade of stagnation in living standards. Low unemployment is an opportunity not a risk. Reducing it further will not spark a fresh outbreak of inflation as some have ...

ASFA, EY release guidance on CPS 230

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... for overseeing their fund's material third-party service providers - one that enables them to meet the refreshed standards and support the ongoing management of operational risks and resilience." As part of the guidance EY outlines its Third Party ...

Productivity Commission identifies priority reform areas

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... recommendations in its interim reports. "Boosting productivity is the only sustainable way to improve Australians' living standards, but productivity growth has stagnated in the past decade. It's now at its lowest ebb in 60 years," PC chair Danielle ...

Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... advice for all Australians. The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager for policy, advocacy and standards Phil Anderson is urging to push through a suite of issues that got held up by the federal election. "We worked closely with ...

Super funds put foot down on Woodside

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... and disclosure. While there has been some progress in certain areas, we believe the company still falls short of the standards we expect on behalf of our 1.2 million members and poses a risk to their financial futures." Brunton said HESTA chose to vote ...

FAAA calls for stronger consumer protections in advice reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... checklists. It noted that despite a series of major reforms, including the Future of Financial Advice and Professional Standards, disclosure obligations in Statements of Advice haven't evolved to reflect advisers' professional judgement requirements. ...

What Labor's second term means for regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... sitting day of March 2025. The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) general manager of policy, advocacy and standards Phil Anderson said he expects that the Dixon Inquiry will still happen and that Labor will support the inquiry taking place. ...

Frontier Advisors lands major mandate from asset management giant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... local institutional investment sector. This move coincided with regulatory efforts of the Japanese government to lift standards in asset management, including the introduction of "Asset Owner Principles" - a set of guidelines encouraging asset owners ...

New Forests buys into Burapha

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... plantation afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) issuing carbon credits compliant with Verified Carbon Standards since 2023. New Forests Asia senior managing director Geoffrey Seeto said there is significant scope for expansion of Burapha's ...

Datt Capital sets in motion Koonenberry Gold board spill

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... conditions based on tangible metrics, such as gold resource quantities verified under the JORC Code, which sets the minimum standards for Public Reporting of Minerals Exploration Results, combined with a 30-day volume-weighted average share price metric. ...