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Australia's gender pay gap narrows: WGEA reports

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... employer census revealed that the national gender pay gap has dropped by 0.7 percentage points (pp) to 21.1%, from 21.8% last year. Every state and territory reduced their gender pay gap with Western Australia recording the largest gap (28.8%) and Tasmania ...

Maria Lykouras nabs new chief gig

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... Investment Advisers Association (SIAA) from next week. She replaces Judith Fox, who announced her intention to retire earlier this year. The two will work together on a handover over the coming month. Lykouras was chief executive of JBWere for about ...

New private credit provider lands down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
A Guernsey-based short-term, high-value finance provider has entered the Australian market as part of its broader Asia Pacific expansion strategy, relocating one of its executives to Melbourne to chart the course. Tenn Capital has marked its official ...

Government cracks down on financial abuse via coerced directorships

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... domestic, family and sexual violence affects more than 2.4 million Australians and costs the economy around $10.9 billion per year. The consultation noted that majority of victim-survivors of financial abuse are women. Financial abuse, the paper said ...

Inflation hits 3.8% in October

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
Inflation rose 3.8% in the year to October, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), beating market expectations of 3.6%. The largest contributors to annual inflation were housing (+5.9%), clothing and footwear (5.4%), education (5.4%) ...

Tech bubble top of mind for super funds in 2026: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... Investor Outlook published by Natixis IM and CoreData found that the tech bubble (47%) is the biggest worry heading into next year. Re-inflation (43%), geopolitical shocks (40%) and a potential government debt or fiscal crisis (40%) are the next cause ...

Superannuation assets jump to $4.5tn: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
Members' superannuation savings climbed 9.4% in the year to September to $4.5 trillion, new APRA data shows, spearheaded by the industry funds dominating the asset pool. Industry super funds' assets under management (AUM) grew by 13% annually ...

MLC Super adds advice, education head

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... corporate growth Alex Kleiman and head of client relationships Mandy Rashleigh. Kleiman was appointed in May after a nine-year stint at MetLife, while Rashleigh joined a month after following a range of senior capacities across the banking sector, including ...

FX coaching platform handed additional conditions over compliance failures

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... LTT's failure to lodge financial statements and audit reports between 2023 and 2024 within three months after the financial year-end, followed by multiple occasions since 2012. The business also failed to notify ASIC of the appointment of a new auditor. ...

Super funds lagging RIC obligations: Pulse Check

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... balancing the covenant objectives, the report said. Most funds (95%) said they are planning further enhancements over the next year to support members transitioning to retirement. Additionally, 36% described intentions to conduct a review of longevity ...