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Insurers' approaches reinforcing mental health stigma: Life CCC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... this will now create both challenges and opportunities for the industry. "Mental health conditions touch millions of Australians, and the Code is clear: insurers must assess each customer fairly, based on their own circumstances," McClelland said. "It ...

ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... funding is used to support critical services including Australia's health and education systems, affecting all Australians," he said. "The total penalties across these matters are the largest announced by ASIC against one entity and reflect the seriousness ...

ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... covenant 'pulse check' with APRA to inform further work in this area," Constant said. "Now with more than 100,000 Australians retiring each year, super funds need to do better." Constant added that ASIC has a multi-year project underway to drive a step-change ...

AMP settles class action for $120m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... superannuation members were alleged to have been overcharged. "This settlement is a major step toward justice for millions of Australians who trusted AMP to safeguard their retirement savings," Maurice Blackburn national head of class actions Rebecca ...

SMC calls for greater protections against financial abuse of older Australians

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... calling for greater safeguards for Australia's vulnerable, ageing population. The SMC submission highlighted how older Australians are increasingly at risk of financial abuse, citing coercive control, exploitation and systemic gaps in protection as active ...

Retirees unfairly targeted by tax: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
Australians receiving the Age Pension are often subjected to higher marginal tax rates of 60% to 80%, disincentivising them from being more active in the workforce, new research from HESTA suggests. The research said in some extreme cases, these rates ...

Retirement lifestyle costs continue to rise: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... cost-of-living increases for retirees. Superannuation matters more than ever in delivering the dignified retirement Australians deserve." However, Delahunty said the increase of the super guarantee to 12% on July 1 will prove to be an "important boost" ...

Conscious IM delivers affordable housing solutions

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... operation of the homes will be given to SGCH, which has been operating since 1985 and currently provide homes for 11,500 Australians. SGCH chief executive Debi Marriott-Lavery said: "Box Hill is an exciting milestone that brings us closer to our vision ...

Super funds break records, inactive accounts balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
As superannuation fund assets continue to hit record highs, with AustralianSuper leading the pack at $387.6 billion, the number of inactive accounts is also ballooning, APRA's latest statistics reveal. APRA superannuation fund data for June 2025 ...

Coalition's super for housing policy 'unlikely to continue': Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... BlackRock to own houses in Australia. We want people to own houses. We will never give up on the idea that individual Australians on an average income should be able to own a house. We don't believe in wholesale or corporate ownership of Australian ...