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Early release of super for dental, IVF spikes in FY25

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... increased significantly in the year to June 30. Fresh data released by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) today shows another spike in Aussies applying for early release of their superannuation for dental treatments. About $1.37 billion was released ...

AFCA temporarily reinstates UGC to address complaints

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... interests in. He has been banned from working in the industry for 10 years. The failure of UGC has been a key driver of the spike in the 2026 Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) levy estimates, tipped to be around $70 million.

National decline in retirement confidence: AMP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
AMP has launched Retirement Confidence Pulse, a new barometer to measure how financially confident Australians feel about life after work. The inaugural score is a concerning 50/100. Amidst a cost-of-living crisis and spikes in household expenses, the ...

Retirement expectations of young Australians surge

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... current retirees spend. Respondents aged between 25-34 expect to need $106,000 a year to retire comfortably. This is a 59% spike from $66,000 in 2023 and an increase from $96,000 in 2024. In contrast, the study said that retired couples currently spend ...

Salary report shows 23% pay gap for top BDMs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
More distribution executives are seeking careers in the wholesale market as demand for super fund BDMs slow, Kaizen's latest salary report shows. Kaizen's Funds Distribution Salary Guide FY2025-26 found that salaries have remained flat in the ...

Anti-hawking exemption for advisers a 'silly carve out': SCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... enforcement action against a whole range of parties that have been involved in these failures," O'Halloran added. This follows a spike in the promotion of pushy super switching schemes in the market. ASIC noted that the start of a new financial year ...

Private debt leads fixed income returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
... the 12 months - economic uncertainty wrought by the Donald Trump Administration's trade war sabre-rattling saw a material spike in credit spreads in March and April of 2025, before swiftly reverting down by June." The report said that while a number ...

Finance news foretells stock market volatility: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
Daily financial news can better predict stock market volatility and deliver more accurate signals about risk than backward-looking macroeconomic data, a new study suggests. University of Auckland finance lecturer Justin J. Case and Queensland University ...

Old challenges push asset managers to inflection point: Citi

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... Almost half said alpha generation is difficult given unfamiliar risks from Covid-19, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the spike in inflation. "As if that were not enough, new external factors have emerged alongside to drive up costs. End-clients have ...

ASIC calls on AFS licensees to 'step up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning about share sale fraud after a spike in reports of stolen shares due to identify theft. ASIC said it has conducted an industry review and provided updated guidance for ...