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Super funds back $9.6bn homegrown platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... in 2025; APAC growth continues to power ahead with revenue up 109% year-on-year. Airwallex chief executive and co-founder Jack Zhang said the investment marks a significant step in establishing an innovative platform that offers a "new foundation" for ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... is tangible, he said, because AI-related firms account for over 60% of US mega-cap segment's weighting, which helped jack up that group's returns to almost 40% last year - roughly double that of other segments - and are also expected to deliver ...

HCF Life fined $750k for misleading contract term

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
HCF Life Insurance has been fined $750,000 by the Federal Court for misleading the public about a pre-existing condition term under its Recover products. Last October, the court ruled the term would deny coverage if a customer did not disclose a pre-existing ...

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
The Federal Court has vindicated Block Earner by overturning a decision that it needed an AFSL to offer its Earner product and dismissing ASIC's appeal to impose penalties on the digital asset platform. Justices O'Callaghan, Abraham and Button ...

Aussies need help to navigate the great wealth transfer: Fidelity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
As Australians prepare for the great intergenerational wealth transfer, many are voicing concerns around navigating the legal, financial and investment aspects, a new study by Fidelity International found. In the next 20 years, Australia is on track ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
The financial services industry has made modest inroads with gender parity, and closing the wealth and financial literacy gap, but the reality is accelerated action is needed from the government and private sector to tackle entrenched inequalities as ...

Industry must do more to improve women's financial literacy: Fidelity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
While women are increasingly aware of the importance of their financial wellbeing, only 16% have sought financial advice to achieve their goals. Fidelity's Next Generation research surveyed over 1000 Australian consumers aged 18 to 59 years old, highlighting ...

Super moves: Qantas Super, VFMC, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Qantas Super deputy investment officer has moved to Cambooya, the family office for the Fairfax family. Chris Grogan joins Cambooya in the same role. The investment professional was also Qantas Super's head of defensive assets. In that role, he ...

Ventura names new investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Centrepoint Alliance head of research Daniel Stojanovski has been appointed chief investment officer of Ventura Funds Management, the dealer group's asset management arm. As investment chief, Stojanovski will focus primarily on the investment management ...

Investment habits of the generations revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
New research from Fidelity has outlined the differences between the generations when it comes to investing and risk. The research - which was based on a survey of more than 1000 Australian consumers aged between 18 and 59 - found that financial confidence ...