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Public feedback welcomed for Life Code improvements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... practice in mental health underwriting?" There are also other subjects relating to family and domestic violence, First Nations customers, financial hardship, and more. Kell said the consultation paper is an important step in developing recommendations ...

ASIC targets funds over 'disappointing' retiree communications

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... retirement wave already breaking, is a real missed opportunity." Constant also slammed trustees for overlooking First Nations and vulnerable members. The review found that none of the participating trustees developed retirement communications tailored ...

Instos continue to bite on risk: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... "In September, seven countries showed above average demand for sovereign bonds and, six of these were emerging markets nations. Australia was the exception." Additionally, Ferridge noted there were also more transactions involving "riskier" commodity ...

Controversial US policy to benefit Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
When US President Donald Trump announced his plan to impose tariffs on all nations in April this year, investors were concerned about the effect they would have on Australia, but new research from EY suggests the nation is still set to benefit. The ...

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 ...