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Financially stressed Aussies believe advice could improve well-being

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
The increased cost of living has left Australians feeling financially stressed; however, a large cohort believes financial advice could be the solution - if it were affordable. A new survey by the Australian Retirement Trust (ART) reviewed feedback ...

Pension fund buys up iconic Aussie vineyards

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2022
A major Canadian pension fund has acquired 35 vineyards from Australia's largest family-owned wine company, Casella. Through its subsidiary Southern Premium Vineyards (SPV), the Canadian pension fund manager Public Sector Pension Investments (PSP) owns ...

Stop orders slapped on two Perpetual funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
Dodgy target market determinations (TMDs) have seen ASIC place interim stop orders on two Aussie equities funds from Perpetual. Perpetual cannot offer or distribute the Perpetual Pure Microcap Fund or Perpetual Geared Australian Share Fund for the next ...

Aussie income equities fare well amid turmoil

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... best with a median return of -3.9%. For the same period, the S&P ASX 200 Accumulation Index saw -7.7%. The best performing Aussie equities income fund for the 12 months to September end was the SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield Fund with ...

Ivanhoe Cambridge commits to Aussie student housing

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
The Canadian investment giant has partnered with Scape Core Program, and now holds the largest and pre-eminent student housing portfolio in Australia. Ivanhoe Cambridge has committed about $1 billion to the program. With 27 buildings and over 13,000 ...

Government enshrines new rule for Aussie Bitcoin owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
In the budget, the federal government introduced new rules for Bitcoin owners, clarifying that digital currencies are not taxed as foreign currency. The government said it will introduce legislation to clarify that digital currencies (such as Bitcoin) ...

Federal Budget is challenging: Economist

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
In an interview with Financial Standard, independent economist Chris Richardson said the Treasurer has two big and difficult problems on his hands, the first being gas prices and the other the National Disability Insurance Scheme. In delivering the ...

Affordable housing in Budget spotlight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
Access to affordable housing is at the core of the Federal Budget, including a new national Housing Accord struck between the government, institutional investors, and industry to help tackle the growing issue. Under the Housing Accord, one million new ...

QAR could see 12% increase in insured Aussies

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
According to research commissioned by the Financial Services Council (FSC), the introduction of a scalable advice model for life insurance would see more than a million Australians have the life insurance cover they need. Research by NMG Consulting ...

Magellan targets $100bn in five years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... capabilities it will focus on for near term growth. These are its Core Series format, the energy transition and small cap Aussie equities. He also added that it will grow beyond these capabilities. "We will be looking for opportunities to invest in experienced ...