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The regulatory pendulum has swung too far: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... overhang" of poor regulation. As a result, the FSC's most urgent election policy is a call for whichever party forms government to create a "red tape razor gang" to slash inefficient regulation. The FSC has outlined nine deregulation priorities it claims ...

Rest calls for advice reforms, extending SG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
Rest has called on the Australian government to implement reforms that it says are critical to make the super system fairer. The super fund released its 2025-26 pre-Budget submission, which outlined 10 key recommendations. These recommendations included ...

Workplace expert joins Aware Super in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... the insurance and care services to the people, businesses and communities of New South Wales on behalf of the state government. This new role brings together several key responsibilities within the workplace function, all aimed at delivering an enhanced ...

Realm House hires from Plato

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... teams, contributing to executive committees, and managing key stakeholder relationships and client loan exposures for government-related entities. His career spans leading multi-asset boutique investment firms and large global fund managers, where he ...

Best Australian share funds of 2024: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... PME), and Pinnacle Investment Management Group (ASX: PNI). He said Technology One (ASX: TNE), a software provider for government agencies, also performed well, along with Universal Store Holdings (ASX: UNI), and platform's HUB24 and Netwealth (ASX ...

Financial services minister Stephen Jones to retire from politics

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... highlighted key reforms, including increasing the Superannuation Guarantee to 12%, providing superannuation on top of government-provided paid parental leave, progress towards payday super, steps to improve access to more affordable and accessible financial ...

SMC pushes for DBFO to curb retiree tax bills

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... extra in tax. The SMC believes this is largely the result of a lack of basic financial advice and is another reason the government must act to implement the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms. "Not knowing enough about super can lead ...

Quant fund taps new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... directional futures model to trade more than 70 international markets, including commodities, currencies, long-term government bonds, short-term interest rates, and equity indices. "We've now delivered a five-year track record with the ECCM Systemic ...

CPI nears RBA's target range, but rate cut remains in doubt: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.2% in the December quarter and 2.4% annually, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed. The most significant price rises in the quarter were recreation and culture (+1.5%), and alcohol and tobacco ...

Minimum service standards for super funds welcomed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... improve member outcomes and how funds engage with their members, but only revealed the first three target areas which the government feels "need improvement". These include the timely and compassionate handling of death benefits, fair and efficient processing ...