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Life insurers enhance domestic violence response

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) released new best practice guidance on family and domestic violence that sets new benchmarks for life insurers to better understand and engage with victim-survivors. The detailed framework will help Australian ...

Macquarie AM expands $300m active ETF platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has launched two actively managed fixed income ETFs, bringing its total offerings to seven - four in fixed income and three in equity - with over $300 million assets under management. The Macquarie Global Yield Maximiser ...

Global tariffs to spike under Trump: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... world and all the other tariffs he's talked about on Europe and everybody else, it rises to about 17%. This is a marked change. We're going back to a period we have not seen since the pre-World War II," she said. On February 1, Trump announced ...

Dexus delivers profit, flags 'turning point'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
Dexus delivered a statutory net profit after tax of $10.3 million in the six months to 31 December 2024 - a major change compared to the $597.2 million net loss after tax in HY24. Dexus chief executive Ross Du Vernet said the group had progressed its ...

Platforms placate fee consent ordeal: SuitabilityHub

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
Platforms have vastly improved their bulk processing capabilities, particularly as financial advisers come to dread the new fee consent renewal process, SuitabilityHub managing director Recep Peker says. This is one of the main findings in SuitabilityHub's ...

Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... to do our part in addressing skills shortages and we urge all students, parents, schools and those looking for a career change to check out the guide."

Foreign investors banned from buying homes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... housing agenda which is focused on boosting supply and helping more people into homes," Chalmers said. "It's a minor change, but a meaningful one because we know that every effort helps in addressing the housing challenge we've inherited." From ...

Centaur goes self-licensed, appoints former dealer group head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... Robertson said. "You don't go into an AFSL thinking there's less compliance - it's more - but we think we can impact greater change controlling it." With all the headwinds the advice industry has faced over the last decade, Robertson said it's been easy ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... boards are not required by law to have independent directors or an independent chair. "The committee believes this needs to change to ensure that that the superannuation industry is subject to the highest governance standards possible," it reads. The ...

Advisers must improve public awareness to win Australians' trust: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... the new class of adviser, placing urgent onus on the profession to define who they are, what they do, and how they can change outcomes for prospective clients. "Advisers feel their value proposition is often poorly differentiated, in the public's eyes ...