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Carbon tax a 'missed opportunity': Debelle

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... view, the most efficient way to align [with climate goals]." Debelle said one of the main impediments for encouraging large-scale investment into opportunities that would benefit the environment is different time horizons. "The investment horizon is ...

MLC Expand targets time savings with new AI capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... their time. "We've been using AI and robotics in our business for more than six years, so it's exciting to now bring the scale and efficiencies we've gained directly into advisers' offices," McCarthy said. "If we applied the average time saved from this ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chair Joe Longo 01 described the situation as being on an "industrial scale". "This is a very sophisticated, coordinated series of players who coordinated their activities in a way to persuade people ...

FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... space globally, many have faced a range of structural challenges," Cox said. "It ultimately comes down to a question of scale, and we have been operating at a subscale level for a prolonged period of time. We have been in a loss-making position for quite ...

Australian Ethical aligns Christian Super members' cover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... From 1 December 2025 automatic default death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover will move to a new age-based scale. In addition, default cover will increase from three units to four units, however the value of cover per unit will change. ...

Integro appoints head of advice and growth

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... brokers, lending specialists and accounting practices, which will help create joint ventures and referral pathways that deliver scale and strengthen client outcomes. "With more Australians seeking trusted guidance through complex financial decisions ...

AZ NGA acquires majority stake in Geographe Financial Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... add more planners, and also increase our productivity, efficiency and capacity by leveraging the resources, expertise and scale of AZ NGA," he said. "We have established strong relationships within our organisation, and there is significant interest ...

Morningstar calls out platform TDPs' use of rebates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... positive for members. The threat of test failure has also helped nudge a raft of merger activity as funds seek to generate scale and cut costs," Morningstar said. "There were 158 APRA-regulated funds in June 2021; today, there are just 89. Meanwhile ...

QIC to lead investor gateway for energy sector

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... client objectives." "In doing so, we can provide clients with access to compelling opportunities in a market with material scale and potential to deliver strong investment outcomes." Meanwhile, QIC head of global infrastructure Ross Israel said: "This ...

MSCI launches global framework for private assets

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... estate and infrastructure. As an AI-powered managed data service, MSCI said the program applies consistent sector tagging at scale, enabling granular classifications to benchmark, analyse and communicate portfolio strategies and performance throughout ...