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Payday super delays will cost workers: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called on the government to get payday super reforms signed into law as soon as possible before the proposed start date of 1 July 2026. The super lobby group said any delays to the law ...

Chalmers unveils Economic Reform Roundtable agenda

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
From August 19 to 21 the government will hold the Economic Reform Roundtable to seek views on how to address productivity and Budget sustainability in Australia. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has set out the three-day agenda which will focus on resilience ...

Overcoming the three-body problem in advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
Financial advisers have heard how an active, factor-based approach can help eliminate the three-body problem in financial advice. In 1867, Sir Isaac Newton identified the three-body problem. Relating to the laws of gravity, he found that it's impossible ...

Mulino sits on Tranche 2 for now, grapples with complexity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino says releasing the next exposure draft for the "complex" second tranche of Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms is a top priority, but the financial advice sector should not expect it anytime ...

American Century cuts US outlook amid tariff impacts

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... will continue to express a wait-and-see approach. Given the uncertainty regarding the landing zone for tariff policy, the Fed will want more time to assess the fallout," Weisman said. "The labor market continues to hang in, with perhaps greater risks ...

ASIC loses appeal against Finder Wallet

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
The Federal Court has dismissed ASIC's appeal in the Finder Wallet case relating to the defunct crypto-asset related product Finder Earn. Wallet Ventures (previously known as Finder Wallet) is an AUSTRAC-registered digital currency exchange. The ...

Treasury opens consult on non-compete reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
Treasury has officially opened its consultation into reforms to ban non-compete clause after the measure was introduced into the 2025-26 Federal Budget. The consultation has asked for feedback on policy details to ban non-compete clauses for low- and ...

Now is the best time to invest in infrastructure: Palisade

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
Infrastructure assets have traditionally been viewed as a defensive asset class, but opportunities are now emerging with potentially fruitful returns according to Palisade. Speaking at the Pinnacle Investment Summit 2025, Palisade Investment Partners ...

Federated Hermes 'not far away' from launching Australian wholesale products

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
Federated Hermes has primarily engaged with the institutional market, notably superannuation funds, in Australia, but this is set to change as the firm looks to tap into the local wholesale market. Federated Hermes international head of sales Clive ...

ASIC bans investment scammer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
ASIC has permanently banned the founder of Maxwell Financial Services and Asset Capital Holdings, Matthew Allen Beresford, from working in financial services, after he was found guilty of running an investment scam. ASIC has also permanently banned ...