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Former UniSuper chief appointed to CSLR board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... Competition and Consumer Commission. The finalisation of the board awaits the appointment of an independent chair by the government. The CSLR, legislated in June 2023 and operational from April 2024, offers up to $150,000 in compensation for eligible ...

BlackRock bags Global Infrastructure Partners for US$12.5bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
BlackRock has struck a deal to acquire Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for US$12.5 billion in cash and common stock. The transaction will create an infrastructure private markets investment platform with a combined client assets under management ...

First trillionaire to emerge in next decade: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... stage-three tax cuts, while implementing a progressive wealth tax of 2-5% on multi-millionaires and billionaires locally. The government should also introduce a permanent windfall profits tax on big corporations, it said. Fossil fuel subsidies should ...

Centuria REIT valuation dives $124m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
... portfolio of well positioned, affordable office accommodation, which continues to attract high-quality tenants, including government, ASX-listed and multinational corporations." "The geographically diversified portfolio provides a staggered lease expiry ...

ASX selected to develop local carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
... first carbon exchange in 2021, with ASX being one of 27 to apply. "Demand for carbon credits continues to increase with government policy focused on emissions levels and corporates seeking to develop compliance measures and meet both regulated and voluntary ...

2024 to be a watershed year: FAAA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
... FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood said. "The FAAA has been generally supportive of the package proposed by the federal government in response to the Quality of Advice Review recommendations, but there is still a way to go with important detail still missing ...

New global retirement unit at T. Rowe Price

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... of its efforts in the retirement space. In 2022 the group added an expert in retirement public policy issues to its government affairs team, and last year it acquired retirement income fintech Retiree Inc. "The new Global Retirement Strategy Team will ...

Balanced portfolios to reap rewards in 2024: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
... portfolio strategy and UBS Wealth Way Solutions, Americas Daniel J Scansaroli, says slower global growth rates, higher government debt, deglobalisation and a focus on digitisation is likely to shift growth further into private sectors. "Structural shifts ...

First Nations Groups launch scholarship for Indigenous women in financial services

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2023
... Nations women and the wider economic market. "Supporting First Nations women to lead transformation in areas such as government, financial services and within their communities is key to long-term, sustainable change that places our communities in the ...

Treasury to refresh financial adviser exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2023
... exam, undertaking an initial professional year of work and training, and continuing professional development. "The Government is committed to ensuring the exam remains a pillar of the financial adviser professional standards," Treasury said. The last ...