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Explosive rise in claims drives new TPD solution for Acenda

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
Acenda has launched a new insurance benefit, Total Permanent Disability (TPD) Severity, in response to a significant surge in claims, particularly for mental health and musculoskeletal conditions. According to the life insurer, there was a 166% increase ...

Australia misses out on global dividends growth

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... Equity Study Dividend Watch, global dividends increased 7.7% year on year to $1.7 trillion (US$1.14tn), nearly matching the total for the whole of 2017. Japan recorded the strongest growth, with core payouts rising 13.8% year-over-year, more than twice ...

Aware Super, Goodman Group launch US logistics platform

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
Aware Super will own 49% of the new US logistics platform, with Goodman Group to own the remaining 51% stake. Goodman Group will also provide comprehensive asset and property management services to the platform. The platform consists of three logistics ...

UBS shutters international shares fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
... the MSCI World Ex Australia NR AUD index (17.49%). The fund required a minimum initial investment of $50,000 and charged a total management fee of 1.00%.

Rest pays $40k over misleading statements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
... premiums from their super account when it did not. This occurred between August 2024 and January 2025, ASIC said, fining Rest a total of $37,560. Some 934 members received emails headed 'Changes to your insurance cover'. For this, Rest was fined ...

CSLR publishes paid claims details

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) has made 551 payments totalling $54 million since it began operating, some 291 of which were made in relation to Dixon Advisory. The overwhelming majority of payments relate to personal financial advice ...

ASIC permanently bans jailed adviser

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... Wealth Trail from 13 November 2020 to 18 October 2023. Between February 2020 and December 2023, Del Vecchio misappropriated a total of $4.48 million from clients, family, and friends, under the impression that those funds would be invested in bonds ...

Draft laws for insurers' ban on use of genetic test results released

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... underwriting. The release of the draft legislation follows the government's announcement in September 2024 that it would implement a total ban, following in the footsteps of the likes of Canada, the UK, and New Zealand. The aim is to provide certainty ...

RBA says ASX has 'considerable work to do'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... flagged by the RBA in its out-of-cycle assessment against this standard in March 2025. The RBA issued 26 recommendations in total, including that ASX should obtain assurance that it has addressed gaps in its risk appetite statement and strategy to return ...

FAAA award finalists named

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... who go above and beyond to support their local community through pro bono and volunteer work. They comprise six awards in total. The finalists of the FAAA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year Award are Sarah Leslie of Story Wealth Management ...