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Regulators note advances in life insurers' practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... over concerns that life insurance premium increases might not have aligned with policy terms or met policyholder expectations set by disclosure and marketing materials, though has since noted progress. The regulators said life companies need to strengthen ...

Up to two million Aussies could face super tax: FSC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... the future implications of the tax despite only affecting a fraction of the population in its infancy. "The government will set the tone for how it intends to govern in its second term by deciding whether to listen to broad consumer, industry and economists' ...

MAX Awards honour best of the best

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... awards are a wonderful opportunity for us to showcase leaders in the industry, to challenge others to reach the new benchmarks set each year, and to also share examples of excellence." "Congratulations to all our winners and finalists in 2025, and we ...

Super needs customised, personalised approach: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... barriers to how trustees want to service and support and engage members. "The second thing is that we are still not structurally set up to serve or engage members in the way that we need to solve for retirement, in the way that we're going to have ...

Minimum wage to rise 3.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... wages have suffered a reduction in the real value of their wage rates since 2021. Some 2.9 million workers have their wages set by modern awards. Most employees who will benefit from the rise work in the accommodation and food services, community, care ...

AMP launches superannuation feature to boost retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... automatically in the background of a member's super account, creating a 'concessional' balance that grows at the government-set deeming rate of 2.25%, instead of the actual return of the super fund. At retirement, members can transfer a portion of their ...

ASIC blasts managed funds' poor compliance plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Too many responsible entities (REs) of managed funds are falling short of their obligations to adequately address design and distribution obligations (DDO), the reportable situations regime and internal dispute resolution processes and reporting (IDR) ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... portfolios, with at least half coming through domestic alts investments. The government only expects to use the reserve power to set investment targets if it determines that the industry is unable to follow the guidelines of the Mansion House Accord ...

Macquarie snaps up Brazil toll road system

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... transformation, local community partnership and value-creation have been fundamental to this journey," Zogbi said. The deal is set to finalise later this year, subject to the customary closing conditions.

Former TCorp exec sets up consultancy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
A longtime investment professional has set up an investment consultancy to advise superannuation funds on the total portfolio approach (TPA) to investment. Nigel Wilkin-Smith founded Long Horizon Enterprises to address what he sees as a glaring gap ...