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Final QAR reforms open door to super funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
In its final response to the Quality of Advice Review (QAR), the government plans to modernise the best interests duty and amend the Statement of Advice (SoA), while also granting approval for superannuation funds to provide personal advice. In its ...

Private markets make concrete inroads with advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... (client)." Haigh noted that most successful private equity managers that partner with private wealth clients have done so using open-ended funds with some form of liquidity feature. "Many of the world's leading private market managers have been re-tooling ...

QIC opens new international office

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has expanded its international footprint, opening a new office in Singapore, aiming to strengthen local partnerships and capital opportunities with Asian-based institutional investors. QIC chief executive Kylie ...

Retirement phase of superannuation consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... accumulation phase of super needs to be matched by a similar focus on the retirement phase," Treasury said. Submissions are open until 9 February 2024.

Gender pay gap a crucial diversity metric: FSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... to look at some of the aspects of engaging for companies to provide more data to us on their own people, where they're open to disclosing," White said. As part of this program, other questions come into focus, such as the role of mentorship versus ...

Buffett outlines plans for Berkshire Hathaway

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
... is that it has been built to last," he said. Buffett said that after his death, the disposition of his assets will be an open book. "No "imaginative" trusts or foreign entities to avoid public scrutiny but rather a simple will available for inspection ...

Conscious Investment Management fund receives $50m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... Cafs. Previously, White held senior roles at Challenger Financial Services, HSBC and ANZ Banking Group. CIMSHF2 is currently open for investment. The fund is a 12-year closed end, capital call vehicle and is targeting a second close in Q1 2024.

Aware Super commits $10bn investment from new London base

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
At the Global Investment Summit today, Aware Super announced that it will invest a further $10 billion in the UK and Europe, managed through its newly opened London office. The $160 billion super fund, which currently has $17 billion invested in the ...

Treasury mulls reforming use of genetic test results by life insurers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
Treasury is calling for feedback on the use of genetic testing in life insurance underwriting, citing concerns the existing moratorium is ineffective, negatively impacting medical research efforts, and a lack of compliance from insurers. The government's ...

AustralianSuper slams Brookfield's Origin Energy bid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... strategic energy transition platforms, such as Origin. "AustralianSuper is a long-term investor in the Australian economy and is open to providing capital to assist Origin as it prepares to transition over the coming decades, while delivering on our ...