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Ageing Australians rapidly shifting retirement planning

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
New research from Allianz Retire+ has shown that Australia's ageing population is rapidly shifting its retirement planning focus to income rather than accumulation. The white paper suggested this change has seen financial advisers refining their advice ...

JPMAM, iCapital launch new private market fund for wholesale investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... wide dispersion of returns. "When looking at the range of opportunities in the small to mid-market space, we deploy a strict set of criteria to determine if an investment is viable. For example, what is the opportunity set? Is there operational value-add? ...

NRF appoints inaugural chief investment officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... investment officer. Manning will oversee investment strategy and portfolio management for the $15 billion fund, which was set up by the Australian government in September 2023 to diversify and transform Australia's industry and economy. Previously ...

APRA updates industry on operational resilience guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... guidance. As part of the changes, the guidance has been shortened and is more tightly focused on how to meet expectations set by the standard. In addition, entities that are classified as non-Significant Financial Institutions will have an additional ...

ASX advances CHESS replacement project

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
... officer Tim Whiteley said CHESS's replacement has understandably been a focus for its stakeholders. "This project has a unique set of challenges including the critical importance to millions of Australians, the significant move to international standards ...

Super Members Council renews calls for anti-hawking extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
The Super Members Council (SMC) has revived its predecessor's calls to extend anti-hawking legislation, slamming a sub-set of financial advisers using social media posts and cold calling to drum up business. Prior to its merger, the Australian Institute ...

Prime FG eyes wealth management business

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
Prime Financial Group (PFG) is set to acquire an unnamed firm that operates investment research and funds management services. PFG flagged that a confidential non-binding indicative offer has been made to the Melbourne-based firm. If the offer is successful ...

BlackRock to launch new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... benefiting from this shift," Stats said. "EMXC offers Australian advisers and investors the choice to capture this opportunity set, providing the potential for higher returns that are uncorrelated to developed markets and serving as a source of portfolio ...

Keybridge Capital cops another loss against WAM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... announcement stating that it "[did] not consider that the Proposed Bid is genuine". Keybridge called for a meeting of WAM, which was set to be held in person in March 2022. However, the WAM board changed the meeting to be held online as COVID-19 restrictions ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... public with false claims about its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) credentials. The profit-to-member fund, which is set to merge with Vision Super in March 2025, made claims on its website and social media, and through public statements - ...