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Life insurers struggle with code compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Life insurers continue to breach their own compliance code with more than 12,000 instances recorded, yet the body overseeing their conduct fears this is likely under-reported. The Life Code Compliance Committee (LCCC) saw another increase in the number ...

Why aged care advice needs tougher regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
The lack of regulation around aged care advice has led to superficial and often conflicted advice, that can put older Australians at risk of elder abuse, according to Aged Care Steps, which is rallying for tougher protections and laws. Aged Care Steps ...

Job flexibility, labour market delay retirement age

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Job flexibility and a tight labour market are keeping more Australians at work, research from KPMG finds, giving rise to a delay in their retirement. The analysis found that men are retiring at 66.2 years old, from 63.3 years old two decades ago, while ...

Why fund managers are missing out on investment mandates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
New research from Ocorian and Newgate Compliance found alternative fund managers are losing investment mandates or clients because of compliance issues. The research also revealed there had been an increased level of internal conflict between fund management ...

Foreign investors optimistic about Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Foreign investors are feeling particularly optimistic about Australia, according to Kearney's Global Business Policy Council's 2024 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index (FDICI). The survey, which reflects investor sentiment regarding foreign direct ...

ETF market to soar 30%: State Street

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
Australia's exchange-traded fund (ETF) sector is tipped to rise 30% in 2024, buoyed by passive equity and fixed income products, State Street predicts. Tim Helyar, the country head for Australia at State Street, said the forecast is based on discussions ...

Qantas Super taps fintech as an investment consultant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
Qantas Super has partnered with Ortec Finance, a fintech company headquartered in Rotterdam, as an investment performance consultant. The $8.9 billion corporate super fund will use Ortec's investment performance managed service via an outsourcing arrangement ...

IMF flags concerns over 'risky' private credit market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
The International Monetary Find (IMF) has raised concerns over the growing private credit market, which topped US$2.1 trillion in assets and committed capital globally last year. The private credit market, which specialises in non-bank financial institutions ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Rising interest rates and weak disposable income growth have caused housing affordability to drop to its lowest point in decades, according to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) senior economists. The economists pointed out that Australian Bureau ...

James Mawhinney applies to have ASIC's case struck out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Lawyers acting on behalf of the embattled Mayfair 101 private equity investment group have applied to the Federal Court to strike out the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) case against the group's managing director James Mawhinney. ...