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Funds SA pushes for efficiencies with AI targets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... which is the day job." "You need to strike the right balance where there's enough permission for exploration but at some point, you need to determine what are the use cases that are worth pursuing and what isn't, because we're not over-endowed with resources," ...

HUB24 reports record inflows, user growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... advisers using the platform, HUB24 said. Over the year, it added 572 advisers - the largest increase since FY21. At that point, 16% of advisers were using HUB24, with it now having doubled to 33%, it said. Over that time, funds under advice per adviser ...

ASIC turns spotlight on direct life sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
ASIC is warning life insurers to do better when it comes to their direct sales practices that have placed doubt on their compliance obligations and put consumer outcomes at risk. While some life insurance firms have improved since ASIC's 2018 review ...

ART chair to retire

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... Australian Retirement Trust (ART) chair Andrew Fraser intends to retire at the ART Annual Member Meeting on November 20, at which point a successor will be named. Fraser was first appointed to Sunsuper as an independent director in September 2015 and ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... income from holding your cash in a bank, and I think there is still quite a large asset allocation shift to come at some point, whether that is de-risking out of areas like private credit." Investors have become used to a level of income, and to maintain ...

ASX revenues, profits increase amid scrutiny

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... Without the additional costs, initial estimates were between 8% and 11%. However, total expenses growth remains below the mid-point of the guidance range, it said, reflecting ongoing expense management initiatives and disciplined investment in line with ...

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 ...

Elanor rebuffs Lederer's governance concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Elanor Investors Group has clapped back at potential acquirer Lederer Group for making "inaccurate assertions" about its governance and management capabilities. In providing an update on the proposed acquisition of its ASX-listed Elanor Commercial Property ...

RBA cuts rates, experts debate next moves

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... more interest rate cuts are likely given the current trajectory of the Australian economy. "Inflation is close to the mid-point of the 2 to 3% target band and official interest rates are still on the restrictive side of neutral. Indeed, the bank's own ...

PC suggests removing excessive entry requirements for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... "The cumulative effect of the regulatory burden imposed on the profession in recent years has demoralised advisers to the point where many are now walking away from businesses they grew from the ground up, while fewer new professionals are entering it ...