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Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
Financial Standard has named the winners of its 2025 Investment Leadership Awards, recognising the best investment managers across Australian and international equities, property, infrastructure, fixed income, and multi-asset categories. The Financial ...

GESB to roll out premium changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... types of insurance will see premium reductions; GESB offers death, TPD and salary continuance insurance. Premiums for death cover will be reduced. For a 40-year-old male with death cover only, his premiums will reduce from 0.69c to 0.64c per $1000 of ...

ASIC grants no-action on deficient advice fees consent

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
ASIC has granted a limited no-action position in response to an issue related to the inclusion of account numbers in a client's written consent for the deduction of ongoing advice fees. ASIC is reminding financial advisers and superannuation trustees ...

HESTA turns the lights back on after service shutdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... app. Members logging in can now view updated balances and update their personal details. They can also manage insurance cover and claims and switch investment options. However, although online services have resumed, HESTA advised that processing times ...

Commodities 'crucial' for portfolio resilience: QIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... transact a specific quantity of a commodity at a predetermined future date at an agreed price, QIC explained. These contracts cover a broad spectrum of commodities including energy, metals, agriculture and other sectors and are marked-to-market daily. ...

BUSSQ lowers administration fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... support the delivery of products and services to members." As a result, all members will see premiums for their death and TPD cover rise. For example, a manual worker with the default four units of both cover types will see their collective premiums ...

AMP super class action finally hits court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
A class action that was filed against AMP for charging excessive superannuation fees is finally being heard in court, with the trial kicking off today. In 2019, following the Royal Commission, several law firms sought to commence class actions against ...

Industry groups hammer out guidance on tax-deductible advice fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), in consultation with leading accounting bodies, has released new guidance on tax-deductible advice fees. The guidance follows the release of the ATO Tax Determination in September last year, which the ...

ASIC accuses Kalkine of providing unlicensed advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
ASIC has told Kalkine it must appoint an independent compliance consultant to address concerns its customer service representatives have been giving unlicensed advice. Kalkine is an equity research house which produces stock analysis and buy, hold and ...

Scrutiny, costs major hurdles to boosting IPOs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
Increased scrutiny and costs are just some of the challenges facing listed companies and forcing private companies to stay private for longer. According to Australasian Investor Relations Association chief executive Ian Matheson, there are four main ...