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RBA delivers 'hawkish hold'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
... year will critically hinge on the Q3 CPI print, due on 29 October, being low enough." Meanwhile, international ratings agency S&P has reaffirmed Australia's AAA credit rating. "Australia's fiscal performance is sound... Australia's economic ...

FINSIA chief executive steps down

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) body in place. Launching in November, the professional agency has over 54,000 members across more than 100 countries and marks a significant strategic milestone for FINSIA. El-Ansary will ...

La Trobe has two of three stop orders lifted

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... first-lien term loans issued to US corporate middle market companies. It said these US companies are not rated by any rating agency and investing in these loans involves an above average amount of risk and volatility or loss of principal. "Under the ...

Retirees should put 80% of balance into annuities: Grattan

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... retirees annuities called 'Lifetime Super'. These products should be priced at sustainable rates and managed by an independent agency. "Annuities are typically 'one-shot games' - a retiree typically cannot switch to a better deal if they see one. Designing ...

Concentration of private credit sector a concern: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... terminology such as 'investment grade' by many private credit managers, often being used without formal rating agency involvement and based on internal models. Other methodology that it has identified as being inconsistently defined include 'security' ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders to La Trobe Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... secured first-lien term loans issued to US corporate middle market companies. "These US companies are not rated by any rated agency and investing in these loans involves an above average amount of risk and volatility or loss of principal," ASIC said. ...

ASIC chair calls it quits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... has been an immense privilege to serve as chair of ASIC and to have been given the opportunity to rebuild and renew the agency," he said. "From the doubling in ASIC's investigations numbers and 20% lift in civil enforcement proceedings over the last ...

ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... secondary bond turnover data ($40m). On 19 April 2023, ANZ was mandated to help the government's sovereign debt management agency, the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), deliver a $14 billion bond issuance. Proceeds raised were to ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... problems," he says. "So, AI is not only going to be a personal companion, but it is going to be somebody that you give agency to make decisions on your behalf." For now, users harbour trust issues with AI and must pick up the pieces once the human element ...

ATO bares teeth at dentists pushing early super access

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... comprehensive examination of the patient. The ATO said it is now working with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) to stamp out this conduct. "Compassionate release of superannuation (CRS), administered by the ATO, is an important ...