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Income inequality elevated, spikes: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
Income inequality is too high and continues to balloon in 60% of low- and middle-income countries studied by Oxfam International, tipping the Gini coefficient well above acceptable levels. Oxfam found that income inequality is rampant among 64 out of ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is perhaps the most transformative technology since the advent of the internet, poised to herald an unprecedented digital economic revolution. To appear at the precipice of the movement, some are employing deceptive tactics ...

AI poses potential challenge to financial stability: Gensler

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
Artificial intelligence could threaten financial stability, forcing novel macro-prudential strategies, according to US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler. In a speech at Yale Law School, Gensler described AI as having "tremendous ...

Soul Patts raises stake in Perpetual

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
After its bid to acquire Perpetual was rejected, Washington H. Soul Pattinson (WHSP) has increased its ownership in the fund manager to 11.6%, according to a filing made yesterday. Last week, Perpetual rejected WHSP's $3 billion acquisition offer, saying ...

Perpetual rebuffs Soul Pattinson takeover offer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
Perpetual has rejected a $3 billion acquisition bid from Washington H. Soul Pattinson, saying that it "materially undervalues" the company's Corporate Trust and Wealth Management divisions. Soul Pattinson, currently Perpetual's largest shareholder ...

Caddick victims sue auditors in class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
A new class action led by victims of Melissa Caddick alleges that auditors of their self-managed superannuation funds failed their jobs to detect fraudulent activities. Twenty-four victims, together with the help of Melbourne-based law firm Mackay Chapman ...

Pengana launches first global private credit fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
Pengana Capital Group has introduced its first diversified global private credit investment fund for Australian wholesale and sophisticated investors, with several offerings for retail investors to follow. The Pengana Diversified Private Credit Fund ...

Investors recoup $3m in first Caddick payout

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
Investors duped by fake financial adviser Melissa Caddick were paid $3 million, as distributed by liquidators Jones Partners. The distribution emanated from realised share portfolios and the sale of Caddick's Dover Heights property that she resided ...

Mercer picked to advise Pengana Credit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
Mercer has been appointed as the investment advisor for Pengana Capital Group's recently launched private credit arm, making it the first appointment of its kind for the former's Australian business. Pengana will look to leverage Mercer's global ...

Pengana appoints leaders for private credit division

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
Pengana Capital Group has named those who will lead its recently launched private credit business, appointing Nehemiah Richardson as managing director and chief executive and Charles Finkelstein as chief investment officer. Richardson and Finkelstein ...
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