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Improved economy not a guarantee of business success

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... be under control, the labour market is relatively resilient, and the results of the recent federal election provide for policy certainty, which should help chief financial officers forward plan investment and could help lift business sentiment in the ...

Lack of confidence in US equities brings investors back home

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Geopolitical tensions and US trade policy uncertainty have continued to dampen investor sentiment, with many shifting their attention to Australian equities, new research found. According to Investment Trends' 2025 First Half Australia Online Investing ...

AMP Super delivers double digit returns in FY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... performance in the first part of the year - and we closed that overweight in early February, anticipating risks around US trade policy," Shelley said. "Stock selection in international equities also contributed positively, and we saw modest gains from ...

Finance news foretells stock market volatility: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... news topics analysed, they also found that stock market activity, financial institutions, economic shocks, and government policy were most related to stock market volatility. "If you're able to forecast volatility more accurately with our news measures ...

Super funds, banks say cybersecurity is now their biggest concern

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... APRA chair John Lonsdale said the Stakeholder Survey played a valuable role in shaping APRA's approach to supervision and policy development. "At a time of great international volatility and economic uncertainty, it's important the Australians can rely ...

Super funds given reprieve from Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... implications for Australian taxpayers earning US sourced income. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief policy and advocacy officer James Koval said the move was a "welcome step" from the US and added the superannuation sector ...

Pension leaders urge US 401(k) plans to embrace private markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... in U.S. DC plans - offering stable income, inflation protection, and alignment with participant familiarity and public policy goals. Although the US commands two-thirds of the world's funded retirement assets, most US DC plans allocate less than 5% to ...

Life insurer chief executives step down, successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
Acenda Group is set to welcome a group chief executive, as Kent Griffin and Tim Tez announce their departures. Former Westpac executive Chris de Bruin has been appointed chief executive of Acenda Group, subject to regulatory approvals of the merger ...

Super a 'taxpayer subsidised inheritance scheme': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... government. And those tax concessions, it's not just that they're large, it's that a lot of them don't support any plausible policy aims." Coates said two thirds of the value of superannuation tax concessions are supporting the top 20% of income earners ...

Nominations open for 2025 Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... financial advisers play in the country's socio-economic future. They can also be successful business owners, award winners, policy influencers, mentors, and educators. The Power50 ranges from those that are active within industry associations to ...