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ASIC calls out super 'leaders and laggards'

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025

... improvement in meeting requirements of the Covenant, she warned that many are falling short when it comes to servicing First Nations members. "RSE licensees failed to adequately consider their First Nations members in their communications. While some ...

Section 899 ditched but companies face tax uncertainties

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025

... Australian-headquartered multinationals and foreign multinationals operating in Australia are not out of the woods yet. In negotiations, G7 nations - which excludes Australia - comprising the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, convinced ...

Funeral insurer fined $4.75m

MATTHEW WAI | FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025

... Aboriginal consumers by making false claims. "It is one of ASIC's enduring priorities to tackle misconduct targeting First Nations people and our work in this case shows exactly why," Longo said. Handing down the decision, Justice Goodman agreed with ...

Australian wealth increases despite variable global growth: UBS

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025

... 10% jump in median wealth, with latest findings showing the country is seeing a more "equal spread" of wealth than most nations. The UBS Global Wealth Report 2025 shows that despite the global wealth increase, the speed of growth was "far from uniform" ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025

... that Europe must materially raise its defence spending and shoulder more of its own security. "The response from European nations, Germany in particular - with the change in their fiscal rules - really led investors to believe they might see sales growth ...

Trump backflips on tariffs but risks remain

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025

US President Donald Trump has agreed to a pause in the reciprocal tariffs imposed on all nations, bar China, in excess of 10% for 90 days to encourage nations to go to the negotiating table. However, China saw tariffs increased to 125%, which will drive ...

NPP not suitable as the primary payment system for payday super

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025

... introduction of NPP is in response to the decommissioning the current Bulk Electronic Clearing System (BECS), but many other nations run at least two payment rails - one real-time and one batch-based. The RBA suggested that the NPP had been "inadequately ...

Data centres 'major growth sector' for Australia: Report

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025

... the report, linked to the recent US ruling that granted the country access to Nvidia AI chips. Now, as one of the four nations in APAC exempt from export restrictions, Australia is well poised in the AI race against the likes of India, Japan, Malaysia ...

Not one trustee tracked end-to-end claims handling times: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025

... one "distressing" complaint in which one trustee took over 500 days to pay a death benefit of around $100,000 to a First Nations woman who was grieving the loss of her husband. Constant noted the trustee failed to respond to her concerns about financial ...

Plenary names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025

... to sustainability and ESG, gender and other diversity and inclusion initiatives, our reconciliation journey with First Nations Australians, and many other areas." Plenary has US$59 billion of assets under management (AUM). On February 24, sovereign investor ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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