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Small construction firms drag productivity: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... is contributing to such inefficiencies, starting with the fact that they are less able to achieve economies of scale and scope. They also have less capacity to innovate, invest in equipment and technology, and devote to training and capability building. ...

ASIC accuses Kalkine of providing unlicensed advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... licence conditions," Court said. "Kalkine will now undergo an external review to ensure it acts lawfully and within the scope of its licence." Kalkine has agreed to the new licence conditions being imposed.

Entireti, Otivo enter strategic alliance for digital advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... will see Entireti and Otivo combine their IP and resources to create an advice offering that supports episodic and limited scope advice, allowing consumers to adjust their movements along the advice continuum as their needs change. Entireti chief executive ...

FTX creditors await US$5bn distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... of the FTX Recovery Trust, said: "These first non-convenience class distributions are an important milestone for FTX. The scope and magnitude of the FTX creditor base makes this an unprecedented distribution process, and today's announcement reflects ...

Super funds put foot down on Woodside

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... to adequately address the super fund's concerns in relation to resilience to transition risks, the lack of an ambitious Scope 3 GHG emissions abatement target, and its governance around climate risk. "As we've previously communicated to Woodside Energy ...

New Forests buys into Burapha

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
... Verified Carbon Standards since 2023. New Forests Asia senior managing director Geoffrey Seeto said there is significant scope for expansion of Burapha's plantation forest areas, as well as the ability to build out the voluntary carbon project that ...

New government must prioritise payday super: SMC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... enable a wholesale migration to data-rich real-time payments continues, this technology is currently immature and out of scope of the payday super policy, reliance on its completion ahead of the July 2026 deadline poses challenges to a full day 1 end ...

UGC's AFCA membership to cease

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... requiring it to pay compensation to complainants, AFCA needs to consider whether any UGC complaint it receives is within the scope of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR)," AFCA said. The failure of UGC is the main driver behind the spike in ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... from the United States on tariffs are having an impact on confidence globally and this would likely be amplified if the scope of tariffs widens, or other countries take retaliatory measures," the RBA board noted. "Geopolitical uncertainties are also ...

Jones clarifies scope of new class of adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
Minister for financial services Stephen Jones has ruled out talk that the new class of adviser could provide holistic personal retirement advice and acknowledged the need to reform the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) during a post-budget briefing ...