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Pacific workers face barriers to claiming super: University

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... interests," Whait said. "After visiting PALM worker locations, we were left with the impression that many PALM workers would rather have immediate access to their money to help their families and communities now, rather than wait for retirement. "Further ...

Super tax requires a 'holistic' review: ASA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... be owed by the estate." Waterhouse also raised concerns over defined benefit pensions, which are assessed using formulas rather than actual account balances, meaning many public sector employees and politicians "will not be affected". "This creates a ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... to 4.25% in May. "Interest rates reducing are good for small caps, because small companies tend to borrow shorter term rather than longer term," he explained, of about three to four years. "If you think that globalisation is being pushed back, then the ...

Super needs customised, personalised approach: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... need to be empowered to make investment decisions, to make informed choices that are aligned with their personal goals, rather than encouraged by regulation, to remain disengaged and subsequently shoehorned into default retirement products."

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... good for inflation, and it's not good for company earnings," he said. But, he said, the news in May was toward less rather than more tariffs. "The big one there was the negotiation of a 90-day pause with China," he said. "That reduced tariffs on ...

Former TCorp exec sets up consultancy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... also a director of NZ Super and a proponent of TPA. TPA's entire purpose is to achieve a fund's investment goal rather than focusing on a particular strategic asset allocation. With this investment style, funds do not operate with a fixed strategic ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... that some companies want to report other sustainability-related information, not required by law, in the same document, rather than in multiple documents, to make it easier for investors. "Where we've landed on that is we'll administer the laws ...

Stockbroking faces 'perception problem'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... and women for their administrative skills? These are things that I think we can see have happened over time," she said. "Rather than hiring your client's son, we could be recruiting with more inclusive language, having panels that have a diverse ...

Canadian Securities Exchange to acquire National Stock Exchange of Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... well-regulated services. "We believe in a strong, accountable and transparent regulatory environment underpinned by rules rather than opaque 'precedent-based' decision-making around waivers and other governance matters." He added: "The journey of rebuilding ...

RBA cut expected, but then what?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... week. "Notwithstanding, at this juncture we think the board will continue to put more weight on the domestic flow of data rather than international developments in the monetary policy setting process." Zenith head of asset allocation Damien Hennessy ...