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Lombard Odier brings plastic circularity fund down under

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... delivering market returns, it said. It aims to do this by investing in companies offering innovative plastic materials with lower carbon footprint and better end of life properties; better usage models that extend the plastics' life; and providing collection ...

Advisers flock to managed accounts, but are very selective

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... their customer value proposition to existing and new clients. "As expected, more advisers are using these structures for lower balance clients, with 40% of existing managed account advisers believing it's appropriate to hold the majority of assets in ...

Low-margin clients hurt practice valuations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
Lower fee-paying clients are severely affecting financial advice practices' bottom line and ultimately drag business valuations, a new analysis reveals. The latest Advice practice acquisition, sale & valuation guide from Centurion Market Makers highlights ...

Ontario Teachers' massively underperforms benchmark

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... strong stock markets, particularly in the US. We significantly underperformed our benchmarks in 2023 due primarily to a lower allocation to those public companies that performed extremely well throughout the year, most notably the 'magnificent seven' ...

WAM Leaders, QV Equities to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... increased access to market opportunities. It will also increase WAM Leaders' relevance in the marketplace while providing a lower management expense ration as a result of the removal of duplication of expenses such as ASX listing fees, share registry ...

ASIC, APRA issues more FAR guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... functions for insurance and superannuation entities. The Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023 passed the upper and lower houses of parliament on 5 September 2023. The FAR aims to strengthen the responsibility and accountability framework for APRA-regulated ...

Super on unpaid parental leave extended in Western Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... which can reduce their superannuation savings. Women at retirement age typically have superannuation account balances 25% lower than men. WA premier Roger Cook said he would like to see more private sector employers follow suit. "We know, on average ...

Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... compared to 49% of men. Women have 53% less in total cash savings than men and on average have saved up $22,680 - substantially lower than men's $48,087. On a monthly basis, women are able to put away $551 while men can save $281 more at $832. Sarah ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... 13 years, welcomed the announcement. "More than 80% of our one million-plus members are women, many working in typically lower-paid industries such as aged care or early childhood education. Paying super on paid parental leave will help our members add ...

Baby boomers turn to local private debt: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... downside protection. The asset class is also said to pay monthly or quarterly income and greatly mitigate sequencing risk for lower-balance retirees who may need to draw down on capital periodically. "We note Challenger, the country's largest player ...