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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 ...

Leaders push for overseas skills recognition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... ability," Parkinson said. "Fixing the skills recognition system would improve labour market outcomes for everyone, but better matching would significantly increase the benefits of our migration program. Addressing this issue would provide an almost immediate ...

WAM eyes Platinum LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... Platinum (ASX: PTM), helping to arrest the organic decline of its business by merging with another asset manager that has better-performing products experiencing inflows. It also potentially unlocks value by eliminating duplicate costs," he said. Note ...

ASX revenues, profits increase amid scrutiny

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... further work to do, through the disciplined execution of our transformation strategy, to build confidence in ASX and deliver better outcomes for all our stakeholders," she added. "While we do not underestimate the work ahead, our financial results today ...

Unemployment falls, more women enter the workforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... ACTU said more workers are taking up rights to collectively bargain with their employers and reforms in workplace laws for better pay for undervalued sectors like aged care and early childhood education and care are now showing up in the data. "The changes ...

Magellan rebrands investment business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... value creation for shareholders. "MFG has a strong heritage, and this evolution allows us to honour that history while better positioning ourselves for the future." Magellan is currently investigating a potential cyber breach, after it was listed as ...

NAB fined over $15m for delaying hardship applications

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... services Jocelyn Turner acknowledged the shortcomings and shared some of the progress on improvements. "Our customers deserved better from us, particularly during their most challenging financial moments. We have taken our response extremely seriously ...

ASIC calls out super 'leaders and laggards'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... can't wait more years to get this right. Each year, more than 100,000 Australians retire. You can't wait to serve them better because they need the support right now. Compulsory superannuation must also get more competitive." Constant said only a third ...

Account number issue causes angst, undue admin work: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Flaws in Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) Tranche 1 has inundated financial advisers with angst and more administrative work thanks to confusion surrounding account number inclusion in consent forms, according to the Financial Advice Association ...

Some Australians being taxed more on super than pay: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... groups and ensure the Age Pension and related financial supports deliver a genuine safety net," the SMC research said. "The better-than-expected success of the super system and the wealth it is generating for large swathes of the Australian community ...