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DB Results launches policy admin system

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
The tech company has developed the first cloud-native, low-code policy administration system (PAS) for the life insurance sector. The regulator-approved solution aims to meet the exacting needs of the insurance sector and can be custom-designed for ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... relevant guidance, which is closer to what happened with this Vanguard product." The Vanguard product (both an Australian dollar hedged and a NZ dollar hedged version are rated by RIAA) first achieved RIAA Certification in 2018 and then in 2020, at which ...

Fitch downgrades US credit rating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... advanced, well-diversified, and high-income economy, supported by a dynamic business environment. It also observed that the US dollar is the world's preeminent reserve currency, which gives the government extraordinary financing flexibility.

New CFS platform at the cutting Edge: Quirk

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... global leader in wealth management platforms. "FNZ deal with 100,000 advisers and manage over $2 trillion in Australian dollar assets, so partnering with such a major scale provider, we thought was critical to CFS Edges' success, because of the ongoing ...

Aware Super details new term deposit option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... also outlined the tax benefits, being that interest on term deposits in the super system is taxed at a maximum of 15c per dollar, or not taxed at all for pension members. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the average Australian working ...

AAC at centre of billionaire insider trading scheme

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
The British billionaire owner of Tottenham Hotspur and majority shareholder of Australian Agricultural Co, Joe Lewis, has been criminally charged in New York for orchestrating a "brazen insider trading scheme." Lewis, founder of investment firm Tavistock ...

Tax miners, major corporates to tackle housing shortage: CFMEU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is calling for the introduction of a $28 billion annual super profits tax to close the gap in social and affordable housing. The CFMEU commissioned Oxford Independent Economics to ...

Time to diversify global alts allocations: Telfer

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
... unlock a wider range and opportunity set. "In fact, we estimate based on stats we've seen that 75 cents in every new dollar that's coming into a fund, now needs to go offshore." Telfer said she's also excited about the progression of alts ...

ASIC cancels FTX Australia's licence

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of embattled crypto company FTX. The regulator explained that until 12 July 2024 the company may provide limited financial services that relate to the termination of existing derivatives with ...

Equity managed funds in record outflows: Calastone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... significant. "Investors are attracted by relatively low valuations, and the benefits to emerging markets both of a weakening US dollar and of the impending turn in the credit cycle," she said. "As part of the emerging market story, China's economic ...