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OECD projects sharp growth deceleration

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine immediately slowed the recovery from the Covid pandemic and set the global economy on a course of lower growth, the OECD said. The intergovernmental organisation's latest economic outlook said global growth would ...

Systemic disadvantages create retirement insecurity: HESTA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
HESTA has submitted that applying the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) principles in Australia would lead to greater certainty and returns for super members. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said as a super fund ...

Midwinter awarded Count Financial mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
Midwinter's financial advice software has been selected to strengthen Count Financial's adviser network. Following a four-month pilot program during which some of the licensee's flagship practices trialled Midwinter 's software with ...

Stuart Robert named shadow financial services minister

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
Stuart Robert has been handed the financial services portfolio in Peter Dutton's shadow ministry, while Angus Taylor is shadow Treasurer and Jane Hume becomes finance minister. Robert has been appointed as the shadow assistant treasurer and shadow minister ...

Lumiant receives $3m investment from US wealth manager

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
Lumiant announced it secured a $3 million investment to support its expansion into the US from Savant Wealth Management. Lumiant launched in the US just last month and aims to use its new resources to bankroll rapid expansion in the country. Its chief ...

Former van Eyk chief executive pleads guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
Almost eight years on from the research house's collapse, Mark Thomas has pleaded guilty to using his position within the firm to his own advantage, namely so that he could maintain control of the company. Thomas, van Eyk's former chief executive and ...

BT answers advisers' top tax time questions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
... clients need to have owned their home for 10 years or more. A downsizer contribution - up to $300,000 maximum - doesn't count towards any of the contribution caps and can still be made even if a person has total super savings greater than $1.7 million. ...

APAC market to reach $811.5bn by 2030

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
An Allied Market Research report has projected the Asia Pacific wealth management market to reach $811.5 billion by 2030. The Asia Pacific wealth management market size was $247.9 billion in 2020 and forecasts indicate a compound annual growth rate ...

A mixed year for super: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
The annual KPMG Super Insights report has called 2020 and 2021 a challenging period for the superannuation sector, the impact of which will be felt for some time to come. Over 2020/21 investment markets and the super sector rebounded from the initial ...

Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
The California Senate passed a bill overnight prohibiting the United States' two largest public pension funds from investing in the world's top 200 fossil fuel companies and require them to divest any existing holdings by 2030. The California ...