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The Aussie wealthtech firms that are 'most innovative'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... were all on the list, which was selected by a panel of industry experts. GBST chief executive Rob DeDominicis said it was a "huge year for GBST's growth and innovation" with the company acquiring a digital and hybrid offering from Advice Intelligence ...

Vale Wayne McGauley

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... driven by his love for his beautiful family, his wife Kylie and son's Nicholas, Harrison, William, and Oliver, he leaves a huge gap that will never be covered." Others are remembering McGauley - who was affectionately known as 'Digger' - ...

WTW to launch dedicated private equity fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) is planning to launch a new fund that will invest in private equity opportunities including co-investments. This new private equity fund, the WTW Private Equity Access Fund (WTW PEAF), will be the first time that the asset ...

Philip Lowe joins LIC board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... his 43 years at the RBA. I am delighted to be working alongside him as a director and believe he will continue to make a huge contribution to Australia - as Future Generation Australia's chair and beyond." FGX has $545.5 million in assets returning ...

Coalition's super for housing scheme slammed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... mortgages for longer, exacerbating the cost-of-living crisis. "Using retirement savings for house deposits would just unleash a huge price hike," Schubert said. "That would mean higher and longer mortgages for Australians - and would quickly make capital ...

ASIC cracks down on scammers

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... creating fake news articles and deepfake videos to convince people that celebrities and well-known public figures are making huge sums of money using online investment trading platforms, when in fact it is a scam." Reports to Scamwatch indicated the ...

Warren Buffet honours Charlie Munger in Berkshire shareholder letter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... conglomerate's "not-so-secret weapon" Buffet said Berkshire's ability to immediately respond to market seizures with both huge sums and certainty of performance may offer an occasional large-scale opportunity. "Though the stock market is massively larger ...

Aussies do not underspend in retirement, say super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... super in retirement needs to change with it," SMC chief executive Misha Schubert, who commenced this month, said. "There's a huge appetite for high-quality, low-cost and no-cost advice to help people plan wisely for retirement. "We want to ensure retirement ...

Economists share their top left field ideas for 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... Warren Hogan warned attendees to keep an eye on the elevated levels of business insolvencies we're seeing. Describing it as a "huge risk" over the next 12-18 months, Hogan predicted there could be as many as 60,000 zombie firms in Australia currently ...

Bragg outraged over super fund payments to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... covering expenses ranging from directors' fees to advertising. Concurrently, ISA received $21.5 million. "It's a huge amount of money when you consider that the funds are supposed to be funding retirements," Bragg argued on 2GB radio. He expressed ...