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Execs face shareholder backlash over pay: Georgeson

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
The ASX300 experienced heightened shareholder opposition to executive remuneration proposals in 2024 for the second consecutive year, according to shareholder services provider Georgeson. Forty of Australia's 300 biggest listed companies received a ...

Australian super assets set to become second largest globally: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
Australia's superannuation assets have jumped 500% over the last 20 years and are on track to become the second-largest pension market globally by 2030, the WTW's Thinking Ahead Institute predicts. Australia's superannuation assets reached more than ...

Trump tariffs to hit Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
US President Donald Trump is set to announce 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports, which will apply to all countries, including Australia. AMP chief economist Shane Oliver told Financial Standard that while Australia exports about $808 million ...

PIMCO debuts local ETF suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
PIMCO has marked its entry to the Australian ETF space with four new active offerings, providing institutional-grade fixed income opportunities to local investors. The PIMCO Global Bond Active ETF (PGBF), PIMCO Diversified Fixed Interest Active ETF ...

Australian Wealth Advisors Group invests big in Sequoia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
The Australian Wealth Advisors Group (AWAG) has become a major shareholder in Sequoia Financial Group. AWAG, which is also ASX-listed, has an 18.02% stake in Sequoia across more than 22.37 million securities. According to the 2024 annual report, Unrandom ...

Super fund promotional expenses balloon: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
Superannuation funds' promotional expenses continue to balloon as new APRA data shows that AustralianSuper has the biggest marketing budget while Hostplus continues to splurge on sponsorship deals. Hostplus splashed a staggering $13.7 million on ...

SMC pushes for DBFO to curb retiree tax bills

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... withdrawing funds without proper planning," she said. "Making simple information and advice available to more Australians is a big missing piece of the retirement puzzle. The coming financial advice reforms will help make advice more affordable." The ...

AustralianSuper welcomes AI tech competition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... value destruction) are all Mag-7 stocks - eight of which are Nvidia alone," Gleeson said. "The US market has become reliant on big tech to drive returns in the last few years. It's perhaps a little early to call an end to the AI market narrative, but ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... from internal auditors. The new standards permit internal auditors' involvement, while Australia may see a ban. Three of the Big Four accounting houses - Deloitte, KPMG, and PwC - support a ban, as do the major industry associations. Specialist fund ...

Government to streamline financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced the release of a consultation paper to gather insights and feedback on how to restructure Australia's financial reporting architecture with the aim to make it more efficient, effective, and fit for purpose. Chalmers ...