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SMSF Association names annual award winners

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... the highest standards of SMSF practice," Burgess said. Commenting on 2024 CEO Award, Burgess believes there is "no one better" than Hepburn-Rogers to receive the recognition. "No one better fits that description than Brooke, the founder and director ...

Next decade could bring back the conservative portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... that five years ago. "So, we're actually seeing future returns from very conservative portfolios now look considerably better than they did five years ago, when bonds were obscenely low." As Parker mentioned, the economy is entering a new era where ...

Perennial beefs up sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
Perennial Partners has made three key appointments to bolster its distribution team and better support its institutional and wholesale marketing efforts. Scott Curtis joins as director for private wealth and family office, based in Sydney. Bringing ...

Platinum staffers join Merlon Capital

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... support our engagement agenda, challenge us, lift the quality of our research, improve our corporate access, and drive better decision-making. It positions Merlon as leaders in active ownership through constructive engagement." Margolis concluded: "Since ...

Schroders launches new active ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... ETFs to market this year," he said, confirming more launches are in the works for 2025. "The benefits of active ETFs are better understood by the market today, including accessibility with no minimum investment amount, liquidity and full transparency. ...

Betashares launches Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... "strongly adopted" by institutional and retail investors and expect that trend to gather pace locally as investors have better options to participate in this shift via a "convenient and regulated pathway." The ETF issuer added that the launches reinforce ...

Life insurers enhance domestic violence response

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... (CALI) released new best practice guidance on family and domestic violence that sets new benchmarks for life insurers to better understand and engage with victim-survivors. The detailed framework will help Australian life insurers identify family and ...

Platforms placate fee consent ordeal: SuitabilityHub

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... Financial Standard that getting rid of fee disclosure statements (FDSs) was perhaps the biggest achievement of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes Tranche 1 reforms - but it came with changes to fee consent. "The goal the government had, and it ...

Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... The Productivity Commission makes seven recommendations to help tackle the problem. The first is for the government to better coordinate housing development and construction approvals. This can be via establishing coordination bodies to speed up the ...

Shift needed in retirement income advice: Allianz Retire+

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... suggests that the adoption of retirement income philosophies and a new approach to risk profiling would see financial advisers better assist their clients in the retirement phase. Allianz Retire+'s Towards A Retirement Income Philosophy report highlights ...