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Australia emerges as managed accounts leader: Research

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
A new Praemium study found that managed accounts are slowly becoming an essential tool for local financial advisers. According to the survey, 62% of financial advisers currently used managed accounts, an increase from about 59% earlier this year, and ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund divests 11 Israeli companies, cuts mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... recognise Palestine next month, which includes Australia as announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday. A June study from Harvard University estimated that 377,000 Palestinians are unaccounted for since October 2023. This significantly outweighs ...

Geopolitics, private credit force insurers to 'shift gears': Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... insurers (12%) currently incorporate AI into their investment processes, with a further 27% undertaking some form of AI pilot study within the next 12 months - a four-times uplift from 2024," he added. "To date, application amongst insurers has been ...

FAAA expands specialist education programs

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... there is no fee to apply, successful applicants will pay a one-off fee of $5000 (ex GST). Courses with less than 50 hours of study will not be considered, the FAAA said. In return, successful applicants will have an exclusive arrangement with the FAAA ...

Missing personal information can boost retirement income: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
... financial circumstances for retirees could increase their retirement incomes between 3% and 51%, according to a new Vanguard study. To uncover the impact of missing personal information on retirement income strategies, Vanguard's Delivering Improved ...

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 ...