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Cost-of-living, unaffordable advice fuels financial stress: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... who genuinely want financial clarity but perhaps aren't sure about where to start," she said. Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) chief executive Cassandra Goldie said the latest rate cut is "hugely important for people on low and modest ...

Australian Unity offloads property fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... it can increase scale and impact, including its Platypus Asset Management business, Healthcare Property Trust and other social infrastructure investment products," Saliba said. Newmark managing director Chris Langford said the transition marked a strategic ...

Entireti, Otivo enter strategic alliance for digital advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... movements along the advice continuum as their needs change. Entireti chief executive Neil Younger said the industry has a social and moral obligation to share its knowledge and collaborate to make quality advice accessible and affordable. "We know that ...

Future Fund bags a piece of Transgrid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... has delivered "strong and predictable returns," and added infrastructure assets in its global portfolio "have a strong social ethos and a purpose." Future Fund was advised on the Transgrid transaction by JP Morgan and Allens.

Scrutiny, costs major hurdles to boosting IPOs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... expectations of investors and analysts only continues to grow." The second factor, and also growing, are the regulatory, social and government expectations of listed entities. "The constant scrutiny that companies are under during result seasons, during ...

ART extends exclusions in Socially Conscious option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will extend its list of exclusions for the Socially Conscious Balanced option to also apply to direct investments in listed corporate-issued debt in fixed income investments. The change, which comes into effect July ...

Bill Gates to shutter Gates Foundation in 2045

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... conditions are experienced, and is funding public digital infrastructure to ensue people always have access to financial and social services that foster an inclusive and equitable economy. "As Microsoft turns 50 years old, it feels right that I celebrate ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Vivian Xu has joined Victorian Fund Management Corporation to work on quant strategies across global markets. Xu arrived from Frontier Advisers, where she was promoted to the new quantitative research consultant within the capital markets and asset ...

Coalition's super on PPL plan 'deeply worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... Commonwealth Prac Payments - stripping away cost-of-living support for those studying to become teachers, nurses, midwives and social workers over the next four years. The Coalition also plans to restore the activity test on childcare to save $420 million ...

ART promotes high-profile retirement specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... serves on the Retirement Incomes Working Group of the Actuaries Institute and is a board member of the Pension Benefits and Social Security Section of the International Actuarial Association, the CIMA Society of Australia and the International Advisory ...