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AustralianSuper well placed to achieve mega-scale ambitions: Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... equities, private equity, real assets, and other opportunities. Liquidity and capacity concerns overall are alleviated through sound practices in liquidity management, valuations governance, and regular stress-testing," it said. And while the fund's ...

Australian economy 'fundamentally sound': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... Comyn struck an optimistic tone about the overall economic outlook, saying the "Australian economy remains fundamentally sound". His comments came as CBA announced an unaudited cash net profit after tax of around $2.5 billion for the first quarter of ...

ANZ profit slides, cuts dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... banking services," Elliott said. "In what is a challenging period for the global economy, we managed the bank prudently with sound levels of credit provisions, liquidity, and funding. "Higher interest rates are impacting customers and we saw an increase ...

ANZ suspected of more mistakes amid bond saga

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... the capital penalty over ANZ's non-financial risk management practices. APRA chair John Lonsdale said ANZ is "financially sound" but remains prone to managing non-financial risk. "Of the major banks that had capital add-ons applied in 2019, ANZ is the ...

UniSuper offers plenty to like, says Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
UniSuper's collaborative approach to capital deployment and sound governance makes it a solid choice, according to Morningstar. Morningstar said UniSuper's strong leadership and collaborative nature reflect a team that's aligned with a total ...

Pride Advice acquires two Adelaide-based firms

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
... financial advisers retiring and fewer younger people entering the profession, there's never been a greater need for sound and trusted advice." AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) acquired Pride Advice in 2015, which had $180 million in assets under ...

Australians rank seventh globally for retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... and Luxembourg. However, it beat out the likes of Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, and New Zealand. Despite a sound retirement security environment, the study showed that up to 40% of Australians believe they do not have enough money to fund ...

ASIC issues warning over shoddy DDO practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... distribution obligations (DDO) shows. The regulator is calling on product issuers to ensure their distribution practices are sound, as its latest round of surveillance found improvements are needed across the board when it comes to meeting DDO requirements. ...

AMP hires GM risk, compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... Investments team as we focus on providing our members with great returns, low fees and high-quality services, all governed by sound risk and compliance practices," an AMP spokesperson said in a statement. "Cloe has served in several senior risk, compliance ...

Vale Greg Bright

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
The financial services industry and the journalists that cover it are mourning the loss of Greg Bright, a titan of the financial trade press. For more than four decades, Bright was instrumental in shaping Australia's financial services trade media ...