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Entireti, Otivo enter strategic alliance for digital advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... high-quality financial advice accessible, affordable and scalable, and Entireti is the ideal partner to help us bring this vision to life," he said. "This alliance sees us combine our respective strengths to achieve that seemingly elusive continuum of ...

Chalmers and Bragg spar over $3m super tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... deputy chief economist Diana Mousina demonstrated a 22-year-old today who earns an average income throughout their working life will have more than $3 million in super upon retirement when assuming inflation and 3% annual wage growth. The government ...

Size of super impacting capital markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... growth engine of the Australian listed markets has been a small cap to big cap company. So not every company started their life as an ASX 200 company. They actually grew. They started with something. So, we need to create an ecosystem. We need regulations ...

Zurich fined over false and misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... 2025 enforcement priority. The priority also seeks to enhance public confidence in the insurance industry by encouraging life insurers to "uplift" their claims handling processes and ensure consumers are not misled in any way, shape or form. "Where the ...

Productivity Commission identifies priority reform areas

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... our focus, we want to see the enthusiasm and engagement continue. Productivity powers our living standards and quality of life and everyone has a stake in seeing it grow." Consultation on these reform areas will be open from May 19 through to June 6 ...

Patience urged over 'shortsighted' super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
The SMSF Association (SMSFA) is repeating calls for the government to address "catastrophic" flaws in its proposed superannuation tax. SMSFA chief executive Peter Burgess said the critical flaw in the proposed tax is its calculation of investment earnings ...

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners adds to APAC leadership

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... Infrastructure as its coverage specialist. Prior to that, he held various roles at Aberdeen Standard Investments, Standard Life Investments, and HSBC Global Banking and Markets. Commenting, Quinkbrook co-founder and managing partner David Scaysbrook ...

Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... is during a non-parliamentary sitting week," he said. The AIOFP's policy focus in the short term will be on the CSLR, Life Insurance Framework (LIF) and rationalisation of the compliance regime. "We have been reliably informed that Dr Mulino will ...

Cbus increases insurance premiums

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... electech category will remain the same. Cbus said the change comes after an annual review of fees and discussions with TAL Life, which is the fund's group insurance provider. "Each year we negotiate carefully with our insurer to get you the best value ...

Vision Super defends new but 'archaic' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
Vision Super has defended a policy not to share member information to anyone it believes are located offshore, however the way in which the fund allegedly determines the location of an individual has caused a stir. Lifestyle Solutions Financial Planning's ...