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Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... found scant evidence of its relationship with the Construction, Forestry, and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) being in the best financial interests of members, while also findings it processes for determining the propriety of board directors to be lacking. ...

BNP Paribas wins new custody mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... partnership, "we can leverage BNP Paribas' expertise in custody and fund administration" in support of its vision to deliver "the best health and wellbeing for Australia." Data from the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) shows BNP Paribas' ...

GCQ enters ETF market, expands sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... long-serving COO of VGI Partners. "However, landing this role feels like coming home. In my thirteen years at VGI Partners, my best days were the ones I spent on the road, chatting to advisers in regional towns across NSW and Queensland about global ...

The productivity problem: Good ideas never put to use

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... Wong found that since the mid-2000s Australia has found fewer new and better ways of using inputs and has also not made the best use of new ideas. "The research shows that creeping inefficiency over the past two decades or so has sapped our productivity ...

NGS Super shutters direct investment option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... is an important part of their investment strategy. We'll continue to work with our service providers to help ensure we are best supporting you during this period," NGS Super said. Meantime, the fund also flagged it is working on a digital advice service. ...

Selfwealth to proceed with Svava proposal

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... offer, in the absence of a superior proposal and subject to an independent expert concluding that the Bell offer is in the best interests of Selfwealth shareholders." However, the binding offer from Svava has ultimately ousted BFG from the bidding war. ...

Macquarie shutters 30-year-old fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... unitholding in the fund as at the termination date on February 7. Macquarie believes the termination of the fund is "in the best interests of unitholders" and claims the process of the distribution will be proceeded "as soon as reasonably practicable". ...

ASIC clearing and settlements powers to curb ASX monopoly

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... legislation is a logical step in ensuring the regulatory framework supports competition in clearing and settlement in the best long-term interests of the Australian market. The ASIC CS Service Rules are made under the CiCS legislation, and are intended ...

Treasury drafts superannuation retirement income principles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... aspirational voluntary standard beyond those obligations to steer the superannuation industry toward a "clear understanding" of best practice. The draft proposal from Treasury, however, notes that the principles aren't exhaustive, allowing trustees to ...

Super fund investment in US to skyrocket

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... bat for the interests of millions of Australians" with retirement savings invested in the US - "scouring the globe for the best deals to boost returns." "The landmark summit positions Australia's superannuation system as one of the world's fastest ...