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NESS Super partners for financial advice offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
NESS Super will start delivering fully personalised digital financial advice via a partnership with Otivo. NESS Super, whose members are predominantly employed in the electro-technology sectors, has partnered with digital advice platform Otivo to introduce ...

January Capital raises $136m for APAC growth credit fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
The Singapore-based investment firm has raised more than $136 million (US$85 million) on the first close of its Growth Credit Fund, with the strategy focused on growth-stage technology companies. January Capital secured commitments from financial institutions ...

Government bolsters funding for payday super reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
The government has announced an additional allocation of $401 million over four years to help implement payday super, due to begin 1 July 2026 - requiring employers to pay their employees' superannuation entitlements at the same time as wages. Advocacy ...

PE firm acquires Mason Stevens

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
A $2 billion private equity firm will acquire Mason Stevens for an undisclosed figure. Adamantem Capital has signed a binding agreement to acquire the managed accounts specialist. Mason Stevens chief executive Tim Yule said the transaction will deliver ...

Cbus to play key role in new Bluey movie

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
The newly announced Bluey movie is set to fetch big dollarbucks for Cbus members. Cbus members will benefit from the newly announced Bluey feature film, with the industry super fund a major backer of the movie's financier. Parents and children alike ...

TCorp returns 7%, AUM hits $110bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
TCorp's investments delivered 7% while its assets under management (AUM) grew 3% to $109.7 billion in the 2024 financial year, its recently published annual report shows. The New South Wales investment manager boasted $139.8 million in net profit ...

Treasury flags $23bn in CGT benefits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
Treasury has released its most recent Tax Expenditures and Insights Statement, which shows the government is bracing for a spike in Australians claiming investment tax breaks. The statement flagged those claiming capital gains tax (CGT) breaks in the ...

AI can improve super fund value chain: CFA Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
Superannuation funds and the broader global pension system can benefit from artificial intelligence (AI) in every corner of the value chain to ultimately provide efficient, personalised services to members, new research from the CFA Institute found. ...

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
AMP has dared to go where no super fund has gone, taking the plunge with a "modest allocation" to Bitcoin, even as other industry heavyweights stand resolute in their rejection of the digital asset. Last week, AMP senior portfolio manager Steve Flegg ...

JBWere partners to launch fixed income funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
JBWere is launching two active fixed income products, backed by UBS Asset Management (UBS AM), to provide wholesale clients access to domestic and global credit options amid growing demand for the asset class. The product suite, which includes the UBS ...