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Gap exists between licensees' AI use and governance processes: ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... operations in the financial advice sector and life insurance, to identify potential loopholes in AI incorporation. The Beware the gap: Governance arrangements in the face of AI innovation report states that around 60% of licensees intend on ramping up ...

Cbus rolls out Advice Essentials Plus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... matters beyond superannuation and retirement. Walker said Advice Essentials Plus was launched after the super fund identified a gap at the household level under the Advice Essentials offering. "Following a survey of our members it became clear that they ...

Aussies struggle with financial goals: Generation Life

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... a limited understanding of issues like bracket creep (79%) and the proposed superannuation concession changes (87%). This gap narrows significantly, however, with the help of a financial adviser. Generation Life executive director Felipe Araujo noted ...

New shareholder, governance services firm enters market

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... objectives," Stanghieri said. "Our mission is to provide boards and executives with independent, specialised insights that bridge the gap between corporate goals and investor demands." PGS Advisers' clients can expect services such as specific shareholder ...

Inflation cools but RBA unlikely to budge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.7% in the 12 months to August 2024 - down from 3.5% in July, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Falls in fuel (-7.6%) and electricity (-17.9%) were significant ...

Super to be paid on parental leave from July 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... optional undermined the policy's intent altogether, being to boost the super balances of new mums and narrow the gender super gap. Modelling from AustralianSuper shows a 30-year-old man earning the average wage of $1983 per week with an average super ...

Aussie female fund manager representation lags: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... less likely to run new funds. "The data points to ongoing lack of women in asset managers' candidate pools and the experience gap between female and male portfolio managers. Firms can remedy this by awarding more mandates to candidates with less experience ...

Pre-retirees expect less reliance on Age Pension: Investment Trends

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... rest is made up of rent from property (5%), equity release from the family home (9%), and other (8%). "There's a clear gap between expectation and reality, on a few levels," Investment Trends head of research Irene Guiamatsia said. Whether it's the ...

Muzinich & Co. partners to launch infrastructure debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
Muzinich & Co. has announced its partnership with Hong Kong-based Orion3 Group to launch an Infrastructure and Real Assets Private Debt Strategy, with an initial focus on Australian opportunities. Orion3 is an investment platform formed with CK Asset ...

Growing super balances show more work to be done: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... retirement," Delahunty said. "The introduction of super payments on paid parental leave will assist to bridge the gender retirement gap but there is still work to be done. Adequate and equitable pay, the valuing of care work, and tax settings all need ...