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China to raise retirement age from 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... that found the main state pension fund will run out of money by 2035 if nothing is done. It's estimated China's public pension bill is currently more than 5% of its GDP. For men, the retirement age will be lifted from 60 to 63. Meanwhile, women ...

Apollo, State Street plot private markets ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... making private assets more accessible and liquid over time. We see this as only the beginning of a new wave of innovation as public and private markets increasingly converge." Meantime, Apollo co-founder and chief executive Marc Rowan said the group ...

FAAA ramps up Dixon inquiry campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) is calling on all federal members of parliament to support a public inquiry into the collapse of Dixon Advisory and the flow-on effect on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). The FAAA has written ...

Vote for Financial Standard in Australian Financial Industry Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
Financial Standard is a finalist in the Australian Financial Industry Awards 2024, and we'd love to have your support. Fresh from winning Financial Services Publication of the Year at the recent Impact Awards, Financial Standard has been nominated ...

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... oversight. Lead author of the report, Jane Tiller, said today: "This is outstanding news for patients and the Australian public, and will safeguard future of genomic medicine, precision health and medical research." "This policy reform will provide certainty ...

Superannuation objective legislation hits Senate floor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... The bill wouldn't alter current superannuation laws but will require policymakers to demonstrate to Parliament and the public how future changes align with the legislated objective. It will require members of Parliament who consider changes to superannuation ...

ASIC issues warning over shoddy DDO practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... contracts. As for mass marketing advertising, ASIC noticed a drop in the number of high-risk products being advertised on public transport. It did, however, review one CFD issuer that continued to sponsor a high-profile sporting team despite it being ...

Federal Court approves AMP BOLR class action settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... Nor is it an amount that is adequate to hold AMPFP to account for its actions." They also want AMPFP to be brought to a public trial, given that it "behaved unconscionably and in breach of the trust, confidence and goodwill that once existed between ...

Court appoints receivers to Keystone, Master Shield Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... ongoing. "ASIC is concurrently investigating a number of persons and entities involved in conduct where members of the public were cold called and received financial advice to invest in Shield via a superannuation platform," the regulator said.

Financial Standard wins Impact Award

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Financial Standard has been named Financial Services Publication of the Year at the inaugural Impact Awards. The award was presented at Activam Group's 2024 act Conference Charity Gala Dinner this week. The Impact Awards aim to "highlight those ...