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Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... expenses. "... inability to pay funeral expenses or manage household bills such as mortgage repayment, children's school fees, other personal expenses," Au adds. "Prolonged uncertainty compounds grief; emotional hardship and distress stems from unclear ...

Listed asset managers trail ASX 200 in 2025: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... to grow," it read. It noted that traditional active managers face continued market share losses, as many still charge high fees that are difficult to justify amid unsatisfactory performance. And while some firms like Pinnacle Investment Management have ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders to TruePillars

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... adequately disclosing conflicts of interest, failing to adequately disclose risks associated with investments as well as the fees and costs, and contain misleading statements about income distributions, loss reserves, liquidity, risk and withdrawals. ...

ASIC targets potential vertical integration in managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... that the structure of managed accounts can potentially lead to conflicts of interest. The research found that management fees paid to advisers specially for managed accounts recommendations can represent a conflict of interest from vertical integration. ...

Early release of super for dental, IVF spikes in FY25

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... encouraging or advising patients to access their super to pay for treatments without an AFSL, with some charging clients fees to help them with the paperwork. Today, the Australian Dental Association released new guidelines for dentists and patients ...

BUSSQ streamlines product offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... deliver a cost saving for the fund by reducing product complexity with our administration and insurance providers, ensuring fees remain competitive and value for money". The fund added: "It enables the future digital roadmap for members, simplifying ...

MLC Expand targets time savings with new AI capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... 15 minutes per new business application. The platform has already implemented AI to automatically populate clients' advice fees in their fee consent form. MLC Expand chief executive Liz McCarthy said the implementation of these features is a direct response ...

Equity Story to raise $3.5m to enter property sector

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... 25% of the capital raised will be used for administration expenses over the next six to 12 months, including administration fees and other obligatory overheads. The offer will open on October 24 and will close on November 7. Equity Story recently also ...

Can IPOs ever recover? Experts aren't sure

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... markets like Hong Kong, the US, and the UK. But [in Australia], because of things such as having to disclose stabilisation fees... [compile] mandatory reporting every day, you're just not getting the benefit of those stabilisation businesses, so ...

FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... international perspective in a global financial services community, and we've seen at least a 25% reduction in their membership fees." Cox admits that having a broad membership base was, at times, difficult to balance, but said the partnership with ...