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Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... to the Life Code Compliance Committee's 2023-24 annual report. Most insurers saw their breach count climb, with five companies responsible for 90% of all reported incidents - the report didn't disclose their identities. As in previous years, insurers ...

Fink takes private markets to next level

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... annual letter to investors, Fink said assets in the form of data centres, ports, power grids, and fast-growing private companies are the assets that will define the future. "They're in private markets, locked behind high walls, with gates that open ...

Jones clarifies scope of new class of adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... investment product that the scheme guarantees,'" he said. The Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into Wealth Management Companies (CSLR and Dixon Advisory) has been deferred from March 27 to July 28 - a four-month delay. The Financial Advice Association ...

Modern family offices want values aligned, pioneer companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
Family offices of today are aligning their values and principles across all generations to back pioneer companies that will create deep impact and competitive returns, the recent Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific heard. Speaking at the two-day event ...

Navigating the impact investment sector for instos

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... measuring the creation," Morris said. "That's something we work very closely with the management teams on at those companies that were invested in, because clearly, they need to be very aligned to that strategy and engagement." Morris also said it ...

Dutton doubles down on 'super for housing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... dismantle Future Made in Australia," it said. Dutton also said he would enact a "use it or lose it" policy for gas drilling companies, which he said would unlock offshore gas fields. "We will invest $1 billion into a Critical Gas Infrastructure Fund ...

Equity Story plots expansion, names chair

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... said Equity Story has an "outstanding reputation" in analysing the market and he is privileged to be joining. "Our two companies share a strong alignment and will work together to offer 'do it yourself', 'do it with you' and 'do it ...

ASIC recommends standards for virtual AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has provided Treasury with a report after conducting an inquiry into companies holding virtual AGMs. As part of the report, the regulator made five recommendations, including that ASIC and the ASX ...

AustralianSuper bins WiseTech stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... adding that, as a long-term active manager, the fund's role is to allocate members' retirement savings to the companies it believes are most likely to create value over the years to come. "We needed to see a sensible transition plan that got ...

Underinvestment in Southeast Asia a 'big issue' for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... is a result of underlying developments, as well as the 'China Plus One' strategy. The strategy allows Chinese companies to offshore their manufacturing and supply chain operations to other parts of the world to mitigate risks and reliance on ...