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Commercial real estate optimism ticks up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... is clearly impacting the workplace," he said. "Whilst everyone is trying to figure out what their 'utopia' looks like, the one constant is that most companies currently seem to be very focused on driving greater cost efficiency through their real estate ...

Praemium loses $700m due to adviser transitions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
Praemium is feeling the pressure from financial advisers moving advice groups and transitioning their clients away from Powerwrap. In its March quarterly update, Praemium chief executive Anthony Wamsteker said the Powerwrap scheme experienced $53 million ...

Small cap investors told to 'stop whinging'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... won't. "There are plenty of smaller companies trading at appropriate or even optimistic share prices. If your company isn't one of them, it's time to stop whinging about small cap malaise and start focusing on what the business needs to do ...

ATO targets crypto investors, sharing economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... cases the losses, according to H&R Block director of tax communication Mark Chapman. The ATO estimates between 500,000 and one million Australians invest in cryptocurrency. Investors must remember that cryptocurrencies, like shares, can give rise to ...

Income inequality elevated, spikes: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... these countries register above 0.4, which Oxfam said hits the warning level set by the United Nations. On a scale from zero to one, a Gini coefficient of one denotes total inequality. Australia's Gini coefficient in 2019-20 was 0.318, which was close ...

Billionaire receives death penalty for embezzlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... was sentenced to 17 years in prison for helping her aunt in the same trial. PBS reports that Van Thinh Phat grew to become one of Vietnam's richest real estate firms, building luxury residential property, offices, hotels, and shopping centres. "This ...

'Licensee for hire' fined $1.25m by court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... corporate authorised representatives (CAR) and, under them, 205 authorised representatives. This, despite Lanterne only having one full-time employee in managing director and responsible manager Peter Cozens. Collectively, Lanterne's CARs had as much ...

Mercury Capital acquires KKR's stake in Findex

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... deep digital investment and low-risk salaried adviser model which brings accountants and financial planners together under one roof creates an exciting opportunity for enhanced, market-leading service provision," Perkins said. "It positions Findex to ...

GBST develops private equity platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... DeDominicis said the firm has delivered a complete technology solution to Luna Partners. "We enabled a rapid market entry which was one of Luna Partners' main goals," he said. "It's the combination of our teams' financial services and digital expertise ...

Life insurers struggle with code compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... Total policyholder complaints reached a whopping 75,256 - more than 50% compared to the prior corresponding period. Thirty-one percent related to bad service, and 18% related to policy cancellations and changes, and sales practices and advertising respectively. ...