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Consultation opens on tax practitioners' registration

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
Treasury has opened consultation on reforming the registration framework for tax practitioners, reviewing the key areas of education, qualification, and experience requirements. The consultation is part of the government's response to the PwC tax ...

Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
Rest has awarded a US$75 million ($112.15 million) mandate to transatlantic investment manager TowerBrook Capital Partners, for its Delta private equity impact fund. The Delta fund will invest in mid-sized private companies that are expected to generate ...

Boutique ESG fund manager folds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... NZAM," Robyn Parkin said. "We thank you all sincerely for the opportunities to work together, to collaborate on creating change, for the avenues to present our thoughts, for the sharing of ideas and passions, for the awards and recognition of our teams ...

Government urged to overhaul gift tax system

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
The Australian government has tabled the final report of the Productivity Commission's (PC) inquiry into philanthropy in Australia: Future foundations for giving. The report makes several recommendations to strengthen the foundations of philanthropy ...

Canned 'golden visas' ruffle fund managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
The cancellation of "golden visas" could be dire for fund managers' business models as the industry hopes the government will unveil another iteration of the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) that have attracted massive inflows from rich investors. ...

More money does lead to happiness: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... experienced wellbeing was strikingly linear: There was no observed plateau in experienced well-being, and there was no obvious change in slope of experienced well-being or divergence between experienced well-being and evaluative well-being, either around ...

UK announces new Pension Schemes Bill

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
The UK government plans to introduce a 'value for money' test for workplace pension schemes and mandate them to offer retirement products, as it looks to ensure Brits retire with more. A new Pension Schemes Bill, announced in a speech by King ...

The most popular fund types launched in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
Of the latest 100 funds launched into the Australian investment market by Equity Trustees, most were related to global fixed income, however, the asset class didn't attract the highest flows. There were 19 new global fixed income funds, 18 Australian ...

AustralianSuper real assets lead joins fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
AustralianSuper's global real assets head is leaving the fund to join an ASX-listed fund manager. Nik Kemp has joined Dexus in the newly created role of executive general manager of growth markets. Kemp spent more than 11 years at AustralianSuper ...

Fidante divests Merlon stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
... compliance functions. However, Merlon will now take on certain services such as corporate compliance support. "There is no change to how the funds are managed, to the investment management team, or to Merlon's investment process or philosophy," Merlon ...