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Wealth inequality divides Australia: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
Rich Australians who possess $1.9 million on average make up nearly two thirds of total household wealth, a new study finds. A new paper from the Actuaries Institute, Not a level playing field, examined the wealthiest and poorest 20% of the population ...

Adopt QAR recommendations now: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy says the government is stalling the implementation of the recommendations set out in her final report. The 267-page report, initially released to government in December, included 13 primary recommendations ...

MA Financial acquires US credit manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
The listed fund manager is entering the US credit market through a buyout of New York asset manager Blue Elephant Capital Management (Blue Elephant). MA Financial is paying about $7.5 million for Blue Elephant, which was founded in 2013 and manages ...

ClearView appoints chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
The financial services group has appointed Nadine Gooderick to the role, with current managing director Simon Swanson set to retire after a 12-year tenure. Swanson will step down at the end of June, at which time Gooderick, currently the firm's ...

Venture capital rout rattles advice technology sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
The recent collapses of local financial advice startups Creativemass and TIQK indicate that the freewheeling days of venture capital funding is drawing to an end. Creativemass, a financial services software provider used by the likes of AMP and Bombora ...

HESTA adds Dahn to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
HESTA has appointed Pitcher Partners' Sue Dahn, an FS Power50 financial adviser, to its board and investment committee. From July 1, Dahn will join the super fund with $70 billion in assets under management. Dahn founded the investment advisory practice ...

Aware retires VicSuper brand, expands investment menu

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
As VicSuper members migrate to Aware Super on May 11, a wider range of investment options will be made available to them. Aware Super will finally retire the VicSuper brand next month, just shy of its 30 th birthday. The brand was retained in the merger ...

Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
The role of infrastructure in portfolios will continue to be a prominent theme for asset allocators this year, as will increased consideration of social factors, according to new report by IFM Investors. The report, titled Infrastructure Outlook 2023 ...

High returns flow from water rights

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
As La Niña dries up, local water entitlement deals are flowing in. The esoteric asset, held mainly by irrigators, is seldom known by the investing public, however after three consecutive years of heavy rainfall, many say there's never been a better ...

Future Fund revisits actively managed equity investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt has reassessed the sovereign wealth fund's pivot away from actively managed equity investments. Arndt told the Australian Financial Review Alpha Live Conference that active Alpha-seeking strategies in the ...