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Anti-hawking exemption for advisers a 'silly carve out': SCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... can be difficult for different regulators to collaborate. "We're really encouraging the ACCC to look at this matter... We know ASIC is looking at other aspects of this case and weighing enforcement action against a whole range of parties that have been ...

Global X ETFs on a hiring spree, readies for $12bn FUM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... to our growth," he said. As at this month, the group is also looking for an accountant to join its finance team. (Want to know more? Read: How Global X leapfrogged State Street in June this year ) Global X is one of the fastest growing companies in the ...

Adviser banned for UGC, Shield involvement

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
Gold Coast-based financial adviser Andrew Rankin has been banned for four years for failing to act in clients' best interests by pushing them to invest in the Global Capital Property Fund (GCPF) and Pivotal Diversified Fund. The banning took effect ...

VanEck goes for growth with new ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
VanEck has launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) to complement its international quality, value and small cap strategies. VanEck MSCI International Growth ETF (ASX: GWTH) will be available on the ASX from August 28, pending final regulatory approval. ...

Leaders push for overseas skills recognition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... providing financial support for individuals to remove cost barriers and an online portal with all the information so people know what they need to do; and setting up Migrant Employment Pathway Hubs, or career gateways, with skills recognition navigators ...

Social isolation a top retirement fear: UniSuper

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... concerns. Although nearly half (45%) of all working Australians aren't financially prepared for retirement, and 48% don't know how much money they need to comfortably retire, 61% are afraid of losing their social ties formed in the workplace when they ...

Unemployment falls, more women enter the workforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.2% in July, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "With employment rising by 25,000 people and the number of unemployed decreasing by 10,000 people, the unemployment rate ...

Funds SA finalises investment team overhaul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
Funds SA has finalised the restructuring of its investment team, shuffling several roles around and creating some new ones. The organisation, which manages the investments of 13 different super fund, endowment and insurer clients including Super SA ...

Mercer Super sued over 'longstanding and systemic' failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
Mercer Super allegedly failed to report seven investigations it undertook into serious member services failures, including one into premiums charged to dead members being refunded incorrectly. Lodged with the Federal Court today, the proceedings allege ...

ASIC calls out super 'leaders and laggards'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... still cannot track the success of assistance to members in balancing the objectives of the Retirement Income Covenant. "We know change takes time. We know retirement is easy on paper, but hard in practice," Constant said. "However, we can't wait more ...