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Funeral insurer fined $4.75m

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... case. This brings the total penalties ordered against ACBF to $4.7 million. Additionally, Youpla was the subject of a case study in the Royal Commission into misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry. ASIC chair Joe Longo ...

Finance news foretells stock market volatility: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... predict stock market volatility and deliver more accurate signals about risk than backward-looking macroeconomic data, a new study suggests. University of Auckland finance lecturer Justin J. Case and Queensland University of Technology professor Adam ...

4600 relevant providers yet to meet qualification standards: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... appear eligible. Others claimed qualifications when the course has not yet been completed or is not an approved course of study. "As AFS licensees, you need to ensure each relevant provider who intends to provide personal financial advice from 1 January ...

Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... underrepresented groups. "But it's concerning if Australians have been working more out of sheer necessity, sacrificing study, rest, or time with loved ones just to maintain their standard of living," she said. "For example, people may need to work more ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... adopting its clean energy transition initiatives as investors' demand for credible emissions reduction strategies grows, a study from MSCI shows. Among listed Australian companies analysed in the APAC Climate Action Progress Report that have disclosed ...

Rest, NZ Super Fund top global rankings for best practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... perfect score in GlobalSWF's GSR scoreboard for governance, sustainability, and resilience. Established in 2020, the annual study examines all the publicly available information from the world's largest sovereign wealth and public pension funds to compile ...

Australian wealth increases despite variable global growth: UBS

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... tilted strongly towards North America and mainland China, which occupied more than half of the entire personal wealth in the study. Australia remains in second position for median wealth, representing a more equal spread of wealth than comparable nations ...

Boutiques wield independence, specialisation over larger managers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... paper builds on 2015 research from Affiliated Managers Group (AMG), which calculated a boutique performance premium. That study found the outperformance of US boutiques over other asset managers during a 20-year period was as high as 127bps annually ...

TAL partners to expand access to affordable insurance

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... other trusted partners is a logical next step in levelling the life insurance playing field." According to NobleOak's recent study, only 30% of Australians are confident in their knowledge of "fully underwritten" policies despite half of these respondents ...

Inheritance dissatisfaction an advice opportunity: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... inheritance money, with nearly two in five wishing they had invested more. Still, just 20% engaged a financial adviser. "Our study reveals that most wealth holders wish they had used their inheritance differently and invested more," Capital Group president ...