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ASFA publishes new service standards on claims handling

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025

... September last year. This comes after ASIC has called out the superannuation industry on numerous occasions this year around poor claims handling times. The new ASFA standard applies to insurance claims and certain claims for early release of superannuation ...

Super funds given reprieve from Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025

... "This section of the legislation would have changed the risk return profile of investment in the US, which would have been a poor outcome for all involved. "The superannuation sector has around US$450 billion invested in the United States, the single ...

Super spending calls BFID compliance into question

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025

... including some cases where performance wasn't measured against the original stated metrics in an agreement. It also found poor use and adoption of quantitative metrics, despite needing to measure financial outcomes for members. Most concerningly, APRA ...

ART makes sweeping changes to corporate super plans

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025

... Plan, from July 1. Death, TPD and income protection premium rates will be changing for all members, with ART pointing to poor claims experiences for members. "While the plan has delivered value to members in need, the change in premium has been predominately ...

Investors face headwinds in integrating physical climate risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025

While investors are increasingly factoring physical climate risks into their decision making, there are several challenges to doing so, a review of public funds' experience has found. A new report from CPP Investments and thinktank OMFIF looks at how ...

Government to convene a productivity roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025

... and welcomed the comments by the Prime Minister about making it a priority. "As the latest national accounts figures show poor productivity rates persist, and on an annual basis is actually going backwards. The latest quarterly data shows GDP per hour ...

ASIC blasts managed funds' poor compliance plans

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025

... different responsible entity. Consequently, these funds had no substantive compliance plan," ASIC said. Many REs exhibited poor practices of not addressing all regulatory obligations. For example, the review identified that most plans did not address ...

Small construction firms drag productivity: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025

... just 17%. Conversely, labour productivity grew by 58% in manufacturing over the same period. Small construction firms' poor productivity is contributing to such inefficiencies, starting with the fact that they are less able to achieve economies of ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025

... are shown the door. Underperformance alone isn't a reason to sack a manager, he said. It's more about whether their poor results conform to expectations. For instance, a deep-value manager would've been expected to underperform for much of ...

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

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025

Mercer's annual periodic table, which charts 17 major asset classes investment returns on an annual basis over the last decade, reveals that there's few reliable themes, except that greater risk tends to be rewarded by greater return. Equity ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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