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Focus on providing 'good advice': QAR draft proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
A focus on providing 'good advice', the scrapping of general advice, and allowing superannuation funds to provide personal financial advice are just some of the proposed reforms contained in the Quality of Advice Review's consultation paper. ...

Are Australia's wealthiest tight-fisted?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
The Centre for Social Impact's report investigating trends in Australians' income and philanthropic giving has found that although top-end wealth has grown, giving has lagged. Australia has the world's second highest median level of wealth and the fourth ...

Ampol to sell 49% of Z Energy Properties to Charter Hall

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... NZ$126 million in net proceeds, based on a weighted average capitalisation rate of 5.5%. "The net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes and in line with Ampol's Capital Allocation Framework," it said. Z Energy will maintain strategic and ...

Super giants, investment firms join Future IM/Pact

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
UniSuper, Aware Super, Pinnacle Investment Management and TDM Growth Partners are the latest to sign up to the program founded by Yolanda Beattie in 2018. Future IM/Pact is a movement that recruits and fosters young women in Australia's investment sector. ...

FICAP raises over $120k for charity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
FICAP's annual fundraiser returned for the first time since 2019 last night, raising over $120,000 for SHINE for Kids and the Starlight Children's Foundation. Speaking at the event, FICAP chair Marnie McLaren said: "It's so exciting to see ...

ASIC capability review released

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
The Financial Regulator Assessment Authority (FRAA) reviewed ASIC and said it's generally effective and capable but there are still some important opportunities to enhance performance. The FRAA released its report, Effectiveness and Capability Review ...

Calls for greater efforts to close gender pay, super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
The latest gender indicators from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that the pay gap between men's and women's salaries has persisted, leading to greater super balance disparity. The ABS said the difference in full-time earnings between ...

Equity Trustees celebrates new mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2022
... loans to our core sophisticated investors," TCP managing director Peter Szekely said. Meanwhile, Equity Trustees executive general manager, corporate trustee services, Russell Beasley said: "We are very pleased to be selected as the responsible entity ...

Registrations open for FPA initiatives

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's Future2 Foundation has commenced registrations for its annual Six-Foot Track Challenge and is now accepting applications for its 2022 grants program. The Six-Foot Track Challenge is a 35-kilometre ...

Singapore to be millionaire capital by 2030: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
It's estimated that Singapore will have the highest adult population of millionaires by 2030, overtaking Australia by 7%. HSBC has issued The rise of Asian wealth and revealed roughly 13.4% of Singapore's adult population will be millionaires ...