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Super funds must improve reporting, audits: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
Registrable superannuation entities (RSEs) must do more to ensure asset valuations in financial reports are reliable and improve disclosure of sponsorship and advertising expenses. Those are two key outcomes of an ASIC review into the financial reporting ...

Betashares expands Wealth Builder range

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
Today Betashares announced the expansion of its Wealth Builder range, with the launch of the Betashares Wealth Builder Global Shares Geared Complex ETF (GGBL). Now listed on the ASX, GGBL is a moderately geared exchange-traded fund that invests in global ...

Australia misses out on global dividends growth

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... dividends. "We remain optimistic that the second half of 2025 will continue to show solid dividend growth at the global level," Haggard said. "Dividend streams can be a strong indicator of a company's financial health and stability. Firms that consistently ...

Rest pays $40k over misleading statements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
... said. Rest paid the infringement notices on September 22. In a statement, it said: "Rest members rightly expect the highest level of service, and the experience of the impacted members clearly fell short of these expectations in this instance." "We are ...

ASIC to release IDR and reportable situations data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... Reportable situations and internal dispute resolution data publication. ASIC will proceed with plans to publish IDR data at firm-level but said after "careful consideration" of feedback it received, has decided not to proceed with its initial proposal ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... "The question is, can we get personal advice available to people on a laptop? Yes, we can. And we can do it at a personal level, where it's so intimate that [the digital adviser can produce] SoAs. That's the Holy Grail," he says. The inevitable ...

Draft laws for insurers' ban on use of genetic test results released

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... industry self-imposed in 2019. Under this, insurers cannot request or use genetic test results in underwriting unless the level of cover applied for exceeds certain thresholds. However, a 2023 Monash University report found this did little to help, with ...

La Trobe has two of three stop orders lifted

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... to have concerns around La Trobe's TMD for the USPC Fund. Those concerns include that the TMD suggests an inappropriate level of portfolio allocation given the risks of the fund and does not adequately specify an investment timeframe for retail clients. ...

Inflation rises 3% in August

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 3% in the 12 months to August, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3% annual CPI inflation to August was up from 2.8% to July, making this the highest annual inflation rate ...

ASIC report a 'solid point of reference' for private credit guardrails

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... particularly at the institutional end, already adhere to good practices. The detail released today provides that much-needed next level of clarity about where ASIC sees a need for improvement," Australian Investment Council chief executive Navleen Prasad ...