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Australian economy in 'very good place': RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... inflation is important because it means that households and businesses can plan, invest and create jobs without having to worry about inflation," Bullock said.

ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... required by law to strive to promote confident and informed participation... If you think about public markets, one reason we worry about the flatlining outlook for public markets versus private is the best place to get access and participation is the ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... around 10 years, they have the money to back it up, and a large amount of equity in their homes. The only thing they really worry about is cash flow," he says. "They're used to spending their money, they're used to enjoying their life, especially in ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Financial services firms stand at a pivotal juncture. Those in one camp, with their heads buried in the sand, can no longer ignore the fact that artificial intelligence (AI), particularly its sidekick generative AI (GenAI), is everywhere. The other ...

Social isolation a top retirement fear: UniSuper

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... one-size-fits-all approach to retirement. "Retirement is one of life's most significant milestones and it's natural for people to worry about losing their sense of connection, identity and purpose when they leave full-time work and their career," Chun ...

Prime Super delivers double-digit returns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
Prime Super has delivered 10.82% investment returns to members within its MySuper option marking the third consecutive year of returns above 9% for the fund. The super fund has also dropped transaction costs from 0.2% to 0.06% for those in the MySuper ...

Mental illness payouts balloon over $2.2bn: CALI

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
More Australians are leaving work permanently due to mental ill health than ever before with insurers paying out over $2.2 billion in mental health claims last year, according to new data from the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI). CALI said ...

4600 relevant providers yet to meet qualification standards: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
More than 4600 relevant providers have yet to meet qualification standards, according to ASIC, and have only six months to meet the deadline. An ASIC spot check of the 15,610 relevant providers listed in the Financial Advisers Register found that 6426 ...

Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
Perpetual head of investment strategy Matt Sherwood has warned that passive investors banking on a repeat of the past 15 years of very strong global equity returns may be sleepwalking into a decade of disappointment. Sherwood said the past decade of ...

Coalition's super on PPL plan 'deeply worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
The Coalition has confirmed that it plans to make paying superannuation on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leav e (PPL) optional for working mothers, as a $158 million budget saving measure. The Coalition's election costings revealed several cost-saving ...