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Major economies buoyed by tight jobs market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
Resilient job markets are keeping major economies above water, staring down the threat of a global recession, as well as geopolitical and climate woes. Newly released ABS figures show that Australia's labour market remained strong in June, adding ...

Iress appoints former Pendal veteran

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... partnerships, superannuation. In May, Price outlined a product-led growth strategy at the company's AGM, which followed a major restructure in April, aimed at enhancing the group's focus on financial advice, trading and market data, and super ...

Lendlease, Daiwa House strike BTR deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
... Japanese partners for "high quality opportunities" across the group's global project pipeline, as well as representing a major vote of confidence in Australia's property market. In total, Connor said, Lendlease has secured Japanese investment in projects ...

APRA finalises operational risk prudential standard

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... the management of operational risk across APRA's regulated population. "Disruptions to financial services can cause a major detrimental impact to the people who rely on them to pay bills, recover from financial loss or support themselves in retirement," ...

Monochrome files for first Bitcoin ETF in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... time, Monochrome chief executive Jeff Yew commented: "The regulator's approval of this license variation represents a major step forward for both the advice industry and retail investors, allowing advisers to meet the market demands of their clients ...

Trustees lack urgency, strategy on RIC: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
A joint regulatory review finds that superannuation funds are shrugging off the urgency to offer robust retirement income strategies and are failing to integrate this mandate into their business plans. One year since the Retirement Income Covenant took ...

HNW wealth transfer still on the to-do list

CHLOE WALKER  |  SATURDAY, 15 JUL 2023
Developing a wealth transfer plan remains on the to-do list for Australia's wealthiest, according to LGT Crestone's latest State of Wealth report. The report, now in its fourth year, uncovered nearly two thirds of Australian high-net-worth (HNW) ...

Office sector down 8%: MSCI

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... -5.2%, which drove the worst 12-month total return since early 2010." A new report by McKinsey finds that workers in nine major global capital cities go to the office an average of 3.5 days per week, some 30% below pre-pandemic norms. By 2030, McKinsey ...

CBA staff head to Fair Work over WFH policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... the Enterprise Agreement in place. Clause 37 of CBA's Enterprise Agreement requires the bank to consult with staff about major changes to their work location. The FSU said CBA employees had complained to the union that returning to the office would force ...

Brighter Super sees double-digit returns

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... equities have been even stronger," he said. Rider said Brighter Super had been overweight listed equities "relative to its major peers" and underweight private equity in the MySuper option. Its infrastructure and credit portfolios also performed strongly ...