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Cbus increases insurance premiums

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... permanent disability (TPD) cover from July 5. Those aged between 15 and 25 will see their fees remain the same, but those in older age brackets will be paying slightly more each week. For members working in a manual job and aged between 25 and 34, the ...

Future Fund makes leadership appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
Future Fund has appointed a chief financial officer and chief risk officer, as well as a chief people, culture and inclusion officer. Nancy Collins is joining the Future Fund Management Agency from Swinburne University of Technology. There, she has ...

Fed holds rates, but RBA still poised for a cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
The US Federal Reserve left interest rates on hold when it met overnight as it takes a "patient" stance while it awaits the inflationary impacts of US President Donald Trump's tariffs. The Fed noted that "uncertainty about the economic outlook has increased" ...

New ACCC chief named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has appointed Sarah Proudfoot as chief executive. Despite also conducting an external search, Proudfoot started with the ACCC in 2005 when she joined the agency's Infocentre. She has since held ...

Global economic uncertainty the main priority: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
Freshly re-elected Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the "immediate focus" of the government is tackling global economic uncertainty because of US President Donald Trump's tariffs. Speaking with the ABC after the election win, Chalmers said he is ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... super's death benefit laws, so family violence perpetrators do not profit from their abuse. The group also called for "ending age-based discrimination" in super by axing laws that exclude most under-18-year-old workers from being paid super. SMC ...

Rest details internal program to reform death benefit processes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... fund's processing timeframes, noting it has the highest proportion of young members, with more than one million under the age of 30. The spokesperson said these members are less likely to access financial advice or engage in estate planning, and ...

Work from home saves employees $5308

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025
Australians who have worked from home since the COVID-19 pandemic have cut their commutes by around three hours a week, equivalent to a time saving worth an estimated $5308 a year based on average wages, new research by the Committee for Economic Development ...

Private capital, active ETFs to continue shake up of financial services: Deloitte

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
Private capital, active ETFs and tokenisation are set to take the financial services sector by storm over the next three to five years, Deloitte predicts. Deloitte's 2025 Financial Services Industry Predictions report lays out six major forces that ...

QTC names new chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
The Queensland government's central financing authority welcomed a former TCorp treasury lead as its new boss. Queensland Treasury Corporation has appointed Simon Ling, an executive with nearly three decades of experience in investment banking ...