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Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
The Grattan Institute is once again calling for the simplification of Australia's retirement income system, saying it should be a policy priority for whoever wins this year's federal election. Releasing its Orange Book 2025: Policy priorities for the ...

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
The markets regulator in China is threatening to slash the pay of fund managers by 50% if they underperform their benchmarks as part of a shake-up of the US$4.6 trillion mutual fund industry, according to a report. A Bloomberg article shows that the ...

ART appoints insurance chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... other opportunities. In his previous role as head of insurance solutions and insights at the life insurer, Finney oversaw product design, pricing, data management and actuarial while leveraging data analytics to inform key decisions. With over 28 years ...

Iress hires wealth tech experts

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... hires to its Asia Pacific wealth team. Callum Masson and Martin Johnson have been appointed executive general manager of product and technology and general manager of technology respectively. In the newly created role, Masson will be responsible for ...

Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
The first research from the e61-UNSW Policy Research Partnership has highlighted the major economic policy challenges faced by Australia and made five key recommendations ahead of this year's federal election. The research found that navigating United ...

Quadrant Private Equity invests in LegalVision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... billion private equity firm's capital injection will be used to increase funding for LegalVision's team, technology, and product. The partnership will also give Quadrant board representation at LegalVision, with its managing partner Marcus Darville and ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... these schemes typically 'encourage' people to establish an SMSF for the sole purpose of selling an investment product that is often associated with promises of unrealistic returns." ASIC banned unsolicited cold calling in life and consumer credit ...

Luxury asset investment platform launches for high-net-worth investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... have remained largely overlooked as investment assets in wealth management, according to MUSE. MUSE said that's because product valuations have typically relied on auction sites, outdated appraisals, and industry word of mouth. Meanwhile, the secondary ...

Vanguard rejigs Ethically Conscious options

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
Vanguard is updating its Ethically Conscious range of funds on the back of the FTSE Russell adding extra thresholds that will screen out more companies involved in fossil-fuel related activities. From March 24, the FTSE Russell's Global Choice Index ...

Westpac's Yetton chooses to move on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... eight years at BT Financial Group in various senior roles, including general manager of BT Customer Solutions, head of product, head of acquisition and growth strategies, and head of non-advisory distribution. Westpac chief executive Anthony Miller ...