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New hire salaries skyrocket: Recruiter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
About 77% of Australian employers intend to increase starting salaries for new hires by 10% - but financial services institutions are offering up to 30% more to get candidates over the line. Latest insights from Robert Half show larger organisations ...

Government vows support for SMEs, self-funded retirees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
Small business owners and self-funded retirees will get a boost out of the upcoming Federal Budget, with the government pledging to lower uplift rates, digitalise trust income reporting and improving the pay-as-you-go (PAYG) system. Announced yesterday ...

Plans to remedy NALI, NALE issues welcomed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... in their current form, the NALE rules "could have far-reaching and unjustifiable consequences for funds, both large and small". "It's our considered view that the NALE rules go much further than originally intended. For example, there could be situations ...

ASIC issues warning to finfluencers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... "perpetuating a nanny state culture". "There's never an excuse for that [misleading or scamming]. But the existence of a small number of unscrupulous actors doesn't justify wholesale constraints and policing and freedom of expression for everyone," ...

HESTA pushes forward with internalisation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... management. In some asset classes, she acknowledges HESTA may never achieve scale to in-house those investment functions. "We have small investments in insurance-linked securities for example, we will never be at scale in that asset class. We also have ...

Active funds continue underperformance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... with active funds underperforming. Last year, just over half of Australian funds in the Equity General and Equity Mid- and Small-Cap S&P categories beat their respective benchmarks. Meanwhile, most funds in the International Equity General, Australian ...

Super mergers only beginning: J.P. Morgan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
We've only seen the start of consolidation in superannuation, with mergers to accelerate, according to a new survey from J.P. Morgan. J.P. Morgan's inaugural Future of Superannuation Report interviewed 12 super fund leaders, who collectively manage ...

Vanguard hit with US class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
Law firm Dovel & Luner filed a class action lawsuit against Vanguard trustees and on behalf of investors in Vanguard's Target Retirement Funds, based in the US. The suit alleges that Vanguard's mismanagement of these funds led to "enormous tax bills ...

Macquarie AM goes after US HNWs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... hedge funds, and real estate opportunities and strategies. Its offering is structured for high-net-worth individuals and small institutional investors. Macquarie said the acquisition is a cornerstone in its efforts to serve US high-net-worth investor ...

Pendal executive to join crypto firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
... pursued outside of Pendal Group, given its specialised operational infrastructure and outsourcing requirements". "Vimal and a small team of four will be leaving in the next few months. They will join a technology and asset management company focused ...