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Cost-of-living, unaffordable advice fuels financial stress: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... Australians who genuinely want financial clarity but perhaps aren't sure about where to start," she said. Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) chief executive Cassandra Goldie said the latest rate cut is "hugely important for people on low ...

Why emotions, cash derail good investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... investment choices," Ward told the recent J.P. Morgan Asset Management Media Summit in London. Ward, who used to chair the council of economic advisers for the UK government, pointed to the acute tension between economics and politics that is rippling ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Dhabi Investment Authority He brings experience from previous roles at Lend Lease, Jones Lang LaSalle and Property Council of Australia. As a transactions analyst within the capital transactions team at Lend Lease, he hunted for deals and managed the ...

Coalition's super on PPL plan 'deeply worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... position." "Why is it that women are being asked to choose between financial security now and in retirement?" The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) also spoke out against the move, saying it represents a large hit on working women and their families. ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... achieve meaningful tax reform. This needs to be the focus of tax discussions going forward." Meantime, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) said Labor's plans to guarantee all low-deposit home loans for first home buyers could increase financial ...

Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... want to leave a more sustainable world for the next generation, top super fund leaders say. Attending the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference on Wednesday, Rest chief executive Vicki Doyle joined Unisuper chief investment ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Australian anti-slavery commissioner Chris Evans has told the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) summit that he will be pushing for tougher penalties on those who have not done enough to abolish slavery from their supply chains. "As ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... all options open before the corporate watchdog is forced to intervene in the private markets, he told the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) this morning. Longo said ASIC is prepared to engage with industry bodies, such as ACSI, rather ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... chief investment officer at the $3.2 trillion foreign exchange reserve. He is currently a member of the ESG Advisory Council of Novata, a company that empowers the collection, analysis, benchmarking and reporting of ESG data in private markets, as well ...

Treasury responds to CHESS replacement inquiry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... make rules to facilitate competition or fair provision of monopoly clearing and settlement services in line with the Council of Financial Regulators' recommendations. The second being that the government progress the Financial Market Infrastructure reforms ...