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BUSSQ handed stricter licence conditions by APRA amid appeal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
After the Federal Court threw out BUSSQ's bid to overturn the regulator's additional licence conditions, the super fund is gearing up for another fight. APRA said the imposition of the additional licence conditions on BUSSQ are to safeguard ...

Why the RBA should not cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
Barrenjoey chief economist Jo Masters believes the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should hold off on making an interest rate cut today. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Masters said that while the market is pricing ...

Super's operational infrastructure 'not quite right'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
The super sector's "underdeveloped" operational infrastructure has been highlighted as a main area of concern in a new research report from the Conexus Institute. The report highlighted failures in member servicing - which have been heightened in the ...

Janus Henderson turns $5.2bn fixed interest fund into active ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Janus Henderson Investors has launched its Australian fixed interest ETF, while another ETF provider has reduced management fees on its US offering. The Janus Henderson Australian Fixed Interest Active ETF (JFIX) is an actively managed ETF, that aims ...

Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... responsible for providing insurance benefits to members - even if they outsource that service to an insurer - they often act "at best" as administrators, "shuffling paperwork between the claimant and the insurer." "Despite their statutory obligations ...

SMSFs outperform APRA funds over five years: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
New research shows that self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) outperformed APRA-regulated funds by 1.2 percentage points per annum in the five years to June 2023. According to research from the University of Adelaide's International Centre for ...

FSCP deregisters adviser for two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
A financial adviser who provided "incompetent" SMSF advice has been barred from practising in the industry for two years by the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP). Glenn Paul Meilak helped clients set up SMSFs in a way that was "systemic" and ...

Treasury consults on genetic test ban in life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... refuse life cover or offer it on less favourable terms, provided they do so in compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). They can also still ask about diagnoses that resulted from a genetic test and will be able to access test results ...

Finance workers worry about job displacement from AI, government urged to take action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
Financial services employees worry their jobs are being increasingly upended by artificial intelligence (AI), as an inquiry asks the government to urgently balance technological advancements and potential job displacements. The Future of Work report ...

EQT awarded two new mandates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
Equity Trustees (EQT) has been awarded two fresh mandates to act as responsible entity for both Realm Investment House and MA Financial. MA Financial Group partnered with EQT as the responsible entity and custodian for its newly launched MA Credit Income ...