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Total super assets hit $4tn milestone

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) released its quarterly superannuation performance publication and quarterly MySuper statistics report for the September quarter, showing superannuation assets have passed the $4 trillion mark. Total ...

Inflation remains in RBA's target range

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.1% in the 12 months to October 2024, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), in line with the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target range. "Annual inflation ...

SMSFs surpass $1tn milestone

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
The latest statistics from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) show the total assets held within self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) hit $1.02 trillion at September end. The total SMSF members grew to 1,173,867 in over 630,000 SMSFs, with over ...

HPI calls Hostplus, Charter Hall takeover 'cheap'

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
Hostplus and Charter Hall have again extended their offer period to take over Hotel Property Investments (HPI), which pleaded with shareholders to reject the "cheap" and "half-empty" deal. HPI told shareholders that "$3.785 will be lucky to buy you ...

AustralianSuper to pay $4.2m for delayed claims handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
AustralianSuper will compensate around 7000 beneficiaries to the sum of $4.2 million for death benefit claims that took longer than the fund's internal target handling time of four months from the date when the claim form was received. The fund ...

Cbus confirms CFMEU nominations to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
Cbus has confirmed Paddy Crumlin, Jason O'Mara and Lucy Weber have joined the board after satisfying a 'fit and proper persons test' as part of the ongoing independent review being conducted by Deloitte at the direction of APRA. The findings ...

ASIC sues NAB for failing customers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has filed proceedings against National Australia Bank (NAB) in the Federal Court. ASIC alleges NAB failed 345 of its customers at their most vulnerable when they applied for hardship support ...

Fair Work ruling, ASIC put offshoring arrangements on notice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
Fair Work Australia's (FWA) recent ruling in favour of a Philippines-based worker to bring an unfair dismissal case against the former employer could serve as a warning for financial services firms who rely on offshoring, as the corporate regulator ...

Wages grow 3.5% for the year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
The Wage Price Index rose 0.8% in the September quarter and 3.5% for the year, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of price statistics Michelle Marquardt said this was the first time annual wage growth ...

CFS expands managed accounts offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
Colonial First State (CFS) has added new options to the CFS Edge platform and Accelerate Series. T.Rowe Price, CBRE Investment Management, ClearBridge, and Lazard Asset Management can now be found on CFS Edge. This takes the total number of managed ...