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Startup success hinges on founder personality: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
While the vast majority of fintechs fail, a new study from the University of New South Wales finds that their success rate is closely linked to the founder's personality. After using artificial intelligence to analyse the Twitter profiles of 21,000 ...

Equity Trustees offloads Irish business

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
Equity Trustees will sell its Irish business for a nominal sum, having reached a deal with its management team. The Irish business is being purchased via a management buyout by Equity Trustees Ireland chief executive Kevin Lavery, with additional investment ...

Magellan mulls converting closed-end fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... same upheavals with the embattled Forager Australian Shares Fund (FOR), which is at risk of delisting as it struggles to close the 15% valuation gap over the last four years. MGF is set to schedule a unitholder meeting before June 2024 that will provide ...

Forager to delist Aussie LIT

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
... it continues to trade at a 15% discount to its net asset value. The Forager Australian Shares Fund (FOR) has struggled to close the 15% valuation gap over the last four years, while efforts such as introducing a semi-annual distribution policy and undertaking ...

The Voice is not at the expense of the economy: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... "That's helped ensure the gap between wages and inflation that we inherited is now narrowing, and treasury expects it to close early next year," Chalmers said. Additionally, he flagged the 2023 Intergenerational Report, released in August, which ...

Holistic remuneration tool launched to super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... funds. Its research shows APRA-regulated funds employ about 930 full-time staff in leadership roles at a remuneration cost of close to $236 million, excluding leave and terminations. "Perple SHIRTS is an uncommon term, for an uncommon service, built ...

AustralianSuper merges real assets functions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... AustralianSuper is going to combine its infrastructure and property teams, saying it is recognition of the "increasingly close relationship between the two asset classes, the need to drive global economies of scale, and harness complimentary expertise ...

Ireland to create new sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... some of the windfall corporate tax receipts" the government has enjoyed in recent times, he said. Last year, Ireland raised close to €23 billion in corporation tax - up almost 200% in five years, largely paid by the likes of Google and Meta. "This ...

APRA moves to unmask super funds' spending secrets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
APRA is advancing proposals to enhance transparency in how superannuation funds spend and invest members' money. The prudential regulator is proposing to publish total expenses for the industry by category and by internal, related outsourced and ...

Pengana launches first global private credit fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
Pengana Capital Group has introduced its first diversified global private credit investment fund for Australian wholesale and sophisticated investors, with several offerings for retail investors to follow. The Pengana Diversified Private Credit Fund ...