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Is the TPD claims process creating additional harm?
While most of us breathed a sigh of relief as the worst-case scenario for Tropical Cyclone Alfred didn't materialise, insurance has been on the minds of many of us.
3 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
Splintered globalisation a boon for Al, metals, EVs: PGIM
As geopolitical tensions and trade wars derail globalisation, artificial intelligence (Al), metals and minerals, and electric vehicles (EV) are some of the sectors poised to be winners for investors, new research from PGIM shows.
2 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
GOOD CREDIT
QIC head of private debt Australia Phil Miall's nearly 30 years' experience covers every corner of the credit market. He shares why active management is critical in the asset class and what he's learned during periods of tumult.
5 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
Talaria taps Equity Trustees as RE
Talaria Asset Management has appointed Equity Trustees as the responsible entity of its three global equity funds.
1 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
Productivity problem a long-term trend: PC
Australia's productivity continued to stagnate in the December quarter, suggesting that the productivity problem may be part of a long-term trend.
1 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
Pearler Super launches
Trading platform Pearler is taking on the superannuation sector in launching Pearler Super and will shortly release HomeSoon to help young Australians maximise the First Home Super Saver Scheme (FHSSS).
1 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
Not one trustee tracked end-to-end claims handling times
A review of major superannuation trustees by ASIC found that not even one monitored or reported on the full process of death benefit claims handling.
2 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
Lowering the cost to serve
How FirstChoice is helping advisers service more clients
4 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
5000 ESG funds investing in fossil fuels
Close to 5000 funds being marketed as ESG in Europe hold interests in companies involved in fossil fuels, research shows.
1 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
APRA levy to cost $243m in FY26
The total cost to keep APRA's enforcement activity going is set to be $243 million in the 2026 financial year, with the superannuation industry taking up about 30% of this amount.
1 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention
A SIC chair Joe Longo is keeping all options open before the corporate watchdog is forced to intervene in the private markets, he told the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI).
2 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
RBA flags ongoing concerns
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates unchanged at 4.1% at the April meeting – coming as little surprise to markets and economists.
1 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
Fink takęs private markets to next level
BlackRock chief executive Larry Finkº¹ says the fund manager can upend the public-private market divide in the same way it has capitalised on active and passive investing.
2 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
CSLR costs driven by poor advice: AFCA
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) lead ombudsman, investments and advice Shail Singh has told financial advisers that poor practices are the main contributor to the soaring costs of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR).
1 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
THE GREAT WEALTH TRANSFER
Never have generations enjoyed longer life expectancy than Baby Boomers and Generation X, and no generation so far is likely to retire with greater wealth. This great wealth transfer is a major social challenge but arguably a massive opportunity for the advice and financial services industries.
10+ min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
Cyclone more important than the election
Looking at the yield curve, it wouldn't surprise or the Federal Budget had much impact on the yield, which means they had very little impact on future inflation and future economic growth.
1 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
WT Financial enters JV
WT Financial Group has entered a 50/50 joint venture with Merchant Wealth Partners to invest in Australian financial advice practices.
1 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
Disappointments all round
When it rains, it pours.
2 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
Qantas Super, ART merge
Qantas Super and Australian Retirement Trust (ART) officially merged on March 29.
1 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
ASIC, RBA slam ASX: 'Deeply disappointed'
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have written a damning open letter to the ASX to address their increasing concern over the management of operational risk.
1 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
State Super: In decline but doing fine
While it may be on the long, slow march to the end, State Super continues to do quite well - faring similarly to some other \"healthy\" super funds.
4 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
Inflation slows, but for how long?
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.4% in the 12 months to February 2025, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
1 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
Trump Media to launch ETFs
Trump Media and Technology Group, the operator of social media platform Truth Social, has signed a non-binding agreement with Crypto.com to roll out a suite of branded ETFS through Truth.Fi, its financial services and fintech brand launched in January.
1 min |
April 07, 2025
Financial Standard
MENDING THE SAFETY NET
After several years of headwinds, the supply of professional indemnity insurance to financial advisers is on the up as the sector's transformation makes it more lucrative. But has it evolved with the profession and is it fit for purpose? Matthew Wai explores.
9 min |
March 24, 2025
Financial Standard
US rejects SDGs, Agenda 2030
The US has rejected the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2030, which aim to end poverty and tackle climate change, under a new administration that is solely focused on putting America first.
1 min |
March 24, 2025
Financial Standard
Hold fast
After a strong start to the new calendar year with a monthly return of 4.6% in January, the key index S&P/ASX 200 slipped and posted a monthly return of -3.8% for the month of February.
1 min |
March 24, 2025
Financial Standard
UK regulators abandon DEI reporting
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) will no longer introduce new diversity and inclusion rules for financial services organisations, claiming they wish to \"avoid additional burdens on firms at this time.\"
1 min |
March 24, 2025
Financial Standard
SILVER TSUNAMI HITS
Australia is about to experience one of the biggest demographic changes the nation has ever seen. Braced for a wave of retirees, the super system will be completely reshaped. Lachlan Colquhoun writes.
10+ min |
March 24, 2025
Financial Standard
abrdn re-embraces letter 'E'
Admitting its much derided rebrand did little good, abrdn will add back the three vowels it removed from its name in 2021.
2 min |
March 24, 2025
Financial Standard
WFH costs 5.8% of salary: CEDA
Employees who work from home (WFH) earn 5.8% less compared to those who do not, new modelling from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) shows, calculating to be a $4400 hole in their average annual pay.
1 min |