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Mercer Super sued over 'longstanding and systemic' failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... failures, including one into premiums charged to dead members being refunded incorrectly. Lodged with the Federal Court today, the proceedings allege Mercer Super failed to report seven serious investigations at all, while another was reported more than ...

ASIC to review RG97 to boost property supply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... from investing more in property despite the appetite being there. Before RG97 was introduced, allocations sat at about 13%; today, they're about half that. The regulator said it will look to make appropriate changes to the requirements without undermining ...

RBA cuts rates, experts debate next moves

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... Allen said. "The clear risk sits with an additional rate cut in 2026 depending on the data flow." Wage price data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows wages rose 3.4% in the year to June 2025, unchanged from the March quarter ...

Institutional investors show signs uncertainty has peaked: State Street

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
The latest State Street Institutional Investor Indicators, tracking investor confidence, found most signs point to optimism despite ongoing global uncertainty. The State Street Risk Appetite rose to 0.54 at the end of July, marking the highest reading ...

PC recommends switch to digital financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... the PC is undertaking, presenting practical reforms to get Australia back on the path to growth. "The average Australian today enjoys living standards three times higher than the average Australian in the 1960s, due in part to the productivity growth ...

Betashares launches equity high yield ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... expanding our range of intelligent investment exposures to help Australian investors generate more income." Separately, Global X today launched the Global X Australia 300 ETF (A300), which tracks the FTSE Australia 300 Index. A300 charges a management ...

Treasury launches consultation on CSLR breaching sub-sector levy caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
Treasury today launched a consultation on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), considering options on how to deal with estimates that have drastically exceeded sub-sector levy caps. Released late Friday, the consultation paper is seeking feedback ...

Overcoming the three-body problem in advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... Management business development manager John Li told the Financial Standard Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) on the Central Coast today. Focusing on behavioural finance, Li explained that the human brain can process an average of 11 million bits of information ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... by $8 billion while being revenue-neutral over the medium term, the PC said. "If we don't get our economy moving again, today's children could be the first generation to not be better off than their parents. We need to spark growth through investment ...

HESTA calls for reforms to help women in retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... ones, and this further impacts their ability to build adequate super balances. "The modelling suggests women starting work today could retire with more than double the amount of super compared to female workers modelled to retire this year." Since July ...