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Financial services chips away at gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... Hostplus had 18.2% gap, while Rest was at the lower end with 10.6%. WGEA analysed more than 7800 private sector and 114 public sector employers. Overall, 56% of employers reduced their gender pay gap in the last year. The gender pay gap is different ...

SEC drops civil enforcement case against Coinbase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... the last several years, the SEC has largely communicated its stance on crypto through enforcement actions without broader public engagement, acting chair Mark Uyeda said. "It's time for the Commission to rectify its approach and develop crypto policy ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... its concerns in discussion paper, Australia's evolving capital markets: A discussion paper on the dynamics between public and private markets, putting forth a host of reasons why the sector may need its intervention. ASIC defines private markets ...

Treasury drafts superannuation retirement income principles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
A confidential Treasury draft proposal obtained by Financial Standard outlines voluntary principles for the design and delivery of superannuation retirement income solutions, extending beyond the obligations of the Retirement Income Covenant. The principles ...

SelfWealth juggles takeover bids

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
SelfWealth, the online trading platform, has provided an update as to the bidding war between Bell Financial Group (BFG) and Svava. In the latest turn of events, SelfWealth said it is "actively engaging" with Svava's proposal but reiterated that there ...

Super moves: Aware Super, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... assets across a range of asset classes including electricity distribution, renewable energy, fibre, rolling stock leasing, public-private partnerships, and aged care investments. A former investment director at AMP Capital, Jiang is also an experienced ...

Economist calls for 35bps rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... on lowering inflation - it would break the hearts of millions of Australians and undermine the RBA's still tarnished public reputation. "In fact, I'd like to see the RBA cut rates by 0.35% to 4.0% - so we can finally get the cash rate cut back ...

Advisers must improve public awareness to win Australians' trust: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
Financial advisers will need to improve public awareness to win over millions of Australians, many of whom still don't know what an adviser does or how they add value, according to an intelliflo whitepaper. The emphasis to articulate what a professional ...

ASIC updates on SMSF advice review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... procedures in the context of providing SMSF establishment advice. "At the conclusion of our project, we expect to release public messages about our findings. Where appropriate, we will take enforcement or other regulatory action against misconduct," ...

EQT awarded two new mandates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... entity, was a natural choice for this innovative fund." DN1 provides investors with access to a diversified portfolio of public and private credit and fixed income assets.