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Count Financial class action dismissed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
Count Financial has successfully defended itself against a class action which was filed in 2020 alleging it failed to ensure financial advisers were acting in their clients' best interests. The case has been before the court for just shy of five years ...

Small construction firms drag productivity: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... relative tax rates and settings for individuals and small and large businesses as part of broader reform of the entire tax system.

AMP super class action finally hits court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
A class action that was filed against AMP for charging excessive superannuation fees is finally being heard in court, with the trial kicking off today. In 2019, following the Royal Commission, several law firms sought to commence class actions against ...

Super tax debate suffocates action for low-income Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... young tradies, apprentices, and women in construction start their careers on low pay while learning their trade, yet the system isn't keeping up," Walker said. "Raising the LISTO threshold to $45,000 makes sense. It's a direct investment in their ...

Super funds back $9.6bn homegrown platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... step in establishing an innovative platform that offers a "new foundation" for the global economy. "The global financial system wasn't built for today's borderless economy. Too many businesses are held back by legacy infrastructure that's slow, costly ...

Entireti, Otivo enter strategic alliance for digital advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
Entireti and licensed digital advice platform Otivo have partnered up to build a scalable, low-cost solution to "meet the needs of consumers across the advice continuum." The partnership will see Entireti and Otivo combine their IP and resources to ...

UniSuper lifts fund manager investment to $100m

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... commercial deals with international companies. For example, Forcite Helmet Systems, a mass-produced smart motorcycle helmet system conceived by a University of New South Wales undergraduate student, which received $800,000 in funding from Uniseed, was ...

Cointree hit with AUSTRAC fine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... manner. "SMRs provide AUSTRAC and our law enforcement partners with information about suspected misuse of the financial system and this information goes on to trigger countless criminal investigations each year," Thomas said. "We take timely SMR reporting ...

Relaxed superannuation preservation rules will sink returns: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... counter-cyclical investors, potentially driving more pro-cyclical behaviour and amplifying risks within the economic and financial system. "Counter-cyclical investing has benefited the economy by injecting liquidity into the market during downturns ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) managed the two best-performing MySuper options over the year to March 31. The wealth management and superannuation provider's head of equities Ben Lam explains the "art and science" behind its recently evolved manager ...