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Equip Super, TelstraSuper terminate merger plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... excellent service," Equip Super chair Michael Cameron said. TelstraSuper first flagged it was on the hunt for a merger partner in May 2024, saying at the time that just 25% of its current members work for Telstra and, with this diversified membership ...

Scrutiny, costs major hurdles to boosting IPOs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... structure, saying the increase in disintermediation in markets and rise of exchange-traded funds and separately managed accounts may prove efficient for the wealth management industry and its clients - but it's less positive for listed companies. This ...

Wealth management has never looked better: Knox

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... that it's not a robot and client engagement comes from all different profiles and age groups," he said. And while some may doubt the viability of digital advice based on its penetration to date, Knox says it's not what it used to be. "In the ...

Vanguard Super leads in organic growth: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... "In many cases, this will result in reduced long-term operational costs; however, in the short term, the transition costs may impact year-on-year costs," it said.

AFCA looks to expand jurisdiction over receiving banks in scams

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... certificate following a payment of their annual fee for the 2025-2026 financial year, which will be invoiced from the end of May. Instead of certificates, members can use the financial firm search on AFCA's website to confirm a membership. AFCA said ...

Canadian Securities Exchange to acquire National Stock Exchange of Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... ordinary share and $0.00035 per partly paid ordinary share. The offer represents a 59% premium to NSX's closing share price on 16 May 2025, the last trading day before the announcement. NSX will continue to be operated by its local management team, but ...

Zurich fined over false and misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) over alleged false and misleading statements to two policyholders. In May 2024, Zurich declined two trauma insurance claims advising the policyholders that their particular medical conditions were ...

Productivity Commission identifies priority reform areas

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... standards and quality of life and everyone has a stake in seeing it grow." Consultation on these reform areas will be open from May 19 through to June 6 on the PC website. The interim reports will be delivered over July and August. The PC will then conduct ...

Cointree hit with AUSTRAC fine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... breaches and said the exchange was taking proactive steps to remediate its systems and controls. "Without these steps, Cointree may have been subject to a much more serious regulatory response," he said. In 2024, AUSTRAC released the Money Laundering ...

Tariffs were never the answer: Experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... imbalance the US has with the rest of the world is a function of its savings and investment balance," he said. "... the tariffs may impact at the margin for them, but in the end all it does is increase costs, displaces competitive production and leads ...