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Industry bodies call for delay to Payday Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... cannot sufficiently prepare for the introduction of Payday Super obligations by July 2026. Many technology changes and improvements are required, they said. The groups making the call are the Australian Bookkeepers Association, Chartered Accountants ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... transformation, was also significant, he noted. Japanese equities also "performed robustly," aided by corporate governance improvements and the shift from a deflationary to an inflationary period, he said. Most other regions produced double-digit returns ...

Rest details internal program to reform death benefit processes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... claimants alongside targeted interventions to keep claims moving, the spokesperson said. "We've made significant improvements to the speed of our death benefit claims handling and have now doubled the number of claims resolved within 90 days," the ...

AMP shareholders approve executive pay

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... ensure AMP's long-term sustainable performance. "We've focused on what we can control, leading to steady improvements in underlying NPAT and earnings per share (EPS) over the past three years. EPS also benefited from a 22% reduction in shares ...

ASIC asks for input on reportable situations, IDR dashboards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... while also highlighting areas of concentration of significant breaches and complaints and enabling firms to target improvements across the board. "Publishing reportable situations and IDR data will encourage firms to lift their game. It also provides ...

APRA hits ANZ with $1bn capital penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... existing multi-year remediation program would be sufficient to address them. APRA said that while the review noted some improvements in the culture, conduct and risk governance in the Global Markets business, it identified root causes that have contributed ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... reported no breaches in these areas, though this may reflect underreporting rather than good practice. Meanwhile, improvements in claims assessment timeframes were noted among some insurers, though performance remains bifurcated, with others "well behind" ...

AZ NGA practices merge on road to 'super firm'

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... efficiency despite some challenges. "We are focused on reducing our cost to serve and we are starting to see some improvements, but we've had to work very hard and spend some money upfront, for example on getting our technology right, to bank ongoing ...

Jones calls out super sector, hints at more reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... the Financial Standard podcast, Jones praised the positive aspects of the super sector but said there are certainly improvements to be made. "We have done a lot of work to improve the performance of funds as fund managers, and growing wealth, and I think ...

Deficit to reach $26bn: Deloitte

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... the extent to which surpluses in recent years were the result of a cyclical revenue gains rather than structural improvements in the budget. Those surpluses still required fiscal discipline - surprise revenue upgrades were mostly saved rather than mostly ...