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Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... that are doing the job well, they're the ones catching members at that point - understanding the triggers of when a member might have a life-stage..." she said.

APRA plans to remove 'unnecessary obstacles' for longevity products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... Firstly, it imposes high capital requirements compared to some other jurisdictions, "making annuities more expensive that they might otherwise be." Second, the framework is "insufficiently risk sensitive" and may "exacerbate procyclicality" by requiring ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is the largest asset management firm in Australia by locally sourced assets under management (AUM) - by some margin - though few realise. With nearly $500 billion in local assets under its watch, mostly via institutional ...

Regulators note advances in life insurers' practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
ASIC and APRA commenced a joint review in 2022 over concerns that life insurance premium increases might not have aligned with policy terms or met policyholder expectations set by disclosure and marketing materials, though has since noted progress. ...

Private credit market has lenders sweating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... said private credit fills a "critical gap" in the market, and that there's potential for "heavy-handed oversight" which might stifle the sector's growth. "While concern is elevating around the lack of compliance and regulation in the non-bank lending ...

ASIC alleges Choosi flogged Hannover life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... said. "Consumers may have been encouraged to buy a funeral or life insurance policy when a cheaper or more suitable policy might have been available from other insurers that were not assessed. "Comparison websites must provide a meaningful comparison ...

Minimum wage to rise 3.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... Work Commission has repeatedly deferred taking any action to reverse this decline in real wages out of a concern that this might result in the persistence of higher inflation," the Fair Work Commission said. "The result has been that living standards ...

ART pinged by ASIC over misleading returns data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... that Australian consumers are given accurate information to assess fund performance, especially in circumstances where they might be considering switching funds."

Large penalties against super funds are appropriate: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... However, when it comes to the court applying large penalties on profit-to-member funds, Constant said concerns that members might foot the bill is a "sideshow". "They've said it to us, and they have said it publicly, 'We need to do better'. So, I ...

Australian firms may face 'intense competition': RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... the US may unfold, Australian firms may be collateral damage. "An example of this is the possibility that Australian firms might in time face more intense competition, at home and overseas, from Chinese firms discounting output diverted from US markets," ...