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Venture capital rout rattles advice technology sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... don't hold true any longer. "They were counting on the adviser population, hoping to sell their software solutions into the major banks that are providing advice. That's just not the reality of the advice market. Now, it is a highly fragmented ...

YFYS sanctions don't help existing members: ISA

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... poor performance and high fees. "It is appalling that after several years of transparency, almost half the funds in this major segment of the market are still delivering high fees and poor investment performance," SCA director Xavier O'Halloran said. ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
It is 10 years since more than 1000 people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker safety ...

Iress unveils major restructure, new leadership

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
Following a strategic review aimed at boosting shareholder returns, Iress has overhauled its organisational structure and senior leadership team. The restructure seeks to enhance Iress' focus on financial advice, trading and market data, and superannuation ...

Review calls for Reserve Bank overhaul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
A major overhaul is in store for the Reserve Bank of Australia, with the widely anticipated review putting forth 51 recommendations, with particular consideration given to how cash rate decisions are made. Released today, An RBA fit for future comes ...

Soul Patts gives $200m to Pengana offering

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
Pengana Capital Group (Pengana) and major shareholder Washington H. Soul Pattinson (WHSP) have joined forces to launch a new global credit offering to Australian investors. Already, WHSP has poured $200 million of seed funding into the portfolio, which ...

Government divulges vision for superannuation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... that will forge national consensus, shift the focus from savings to retirement income, and elevate service standards for major financial institutions. At an Industry Super Australia (ISA) pre-budget event, Jones said that the government wants to form ...

Quinbrook acquires US biofuel producer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... investment is that it's linked to the food sector and beverage sector," Scaysbrook said. "It's colocation of the process with major food manufacturers who would otherwise send the organic waste to landfill as they have done for so many years." Headquartered ...

Global X launches new Australian equity ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... sector diversification tool, allowing investors to complement existing blue-chip portfolio holdings in the big four banks, major mining and energy companies, while avoiding a concentration in these sectors. "This fund offers an effective solution particularly ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... terms of tax collections as a share of the economy. In terms of spending reductions, it's recommended cutting spending on major defence and transport projects; undoing Western Australia's special deal on the GST; trimming spending on hospitals, pathology ...