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US agencies act to prevent crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
As a second institution is closed by regulators, emergency measures to shore up the US financial system and prevent a banking crisis are being implemented. It comes as local tech companies confirm minimal exposures to the Silicon Valley Bank failure. ...

Investment bonds offer refuge amid super changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
As the government plans to tighten rules around high superannuation balances, investment bonds offer a secure, tax-efficient alternative. The government has proposed doubling the concessional tax rate for super balances over $3 million from 15% to 30%. ...

Advice complaints decelerate: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
The number of financial advice-related complaints has slashed by nearly half in the last year, according to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). AFCA registered 2211 financial advice-related complaints in 2022, the majority of which ...

AustralianSuper invests in build-to-rent-to-own affordable housing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
AustralianSuper has partnered with Assemble to invest in affordable housing via a build-to-rent-to-own model, addressing Australia's housing crisis. AustralianSuper's investment focuses on the Assemble Futures pipeline, which aims to provide moderate-income ...

Allan Gray transfers platform, exits super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
Allan Gray Australia is exiting the platform market, inclusive of its superannuation offering, to focus on its core funds management business. Effective April, Allan Gray will transfer the Allan Gray Solutions platform to OneVue Wealth Services. The ...

Expect more greenwashing action: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
The court case against Mercer Superannuation for allegations of greenwashing is "just one of the investigations on foot", ASIC chair Joe Longo said. "We will do what we need to do to make sure entities are not misleading the market" on greenwashing ...

Bridgewater to restructure, pushes for global expansion

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
Bridgewater Associates has announced a restructuring plan that includes cutting 100 jobs as it seeks to expand globally and invest more in artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The job cuts will affect approximately 7.7% of Bridgewater's workforce ...

The traditional CFO is no more: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
About 89% of Australian finance leaders believe the industry needs a new breed of chief financial officers. The study, conducted by Sage from January 7 to January 28 of last year, surveyed 1900 finance leaders at organisations with over 1000 employees ...

Optimum Pensions urges super trustees to insure mortality risk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
Optimum Pensions has urged super trustees to insure life expectancy and mitigate mortality risk to meet Retirement Income Covenant objectives. Optimum Pensions' ' The difference between insured and uninsured retirement products ' whitepaper said trustees ...

Super fund advice needs more guardrails: Conference

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
Loosening financial advice regulation under the Quality of Advice Review proposals would highly benefit superannuation fund members, but many are convinced that this only works in theory. The Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy stuck to her ...