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Risk of recession growing: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
AMP chief economist Shane Oliver says the risk of recession is rising alongside the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) rate increases. Earlier in the week, the Australian share market rallied following the decision by US lawmakers to raise the debt ...

Former Mason Stevens chief sells boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
The investment management business founded by Mason Stevens' former chief executive and investments lead has been acquired by another boutique. Vincent Hua, who left Mason Stevens last year, has sold Peridot Investment Management (PIM) to AL Capital ...

Packer donates $7m to mental health research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
The gift will accelerate mental health research and establish the James Packer Chair in Mood Disorders at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). The gift, jointly funded by Packer and The Packer Family Foundation, will see the professorial chair ...

Qantas Super appoints deputy investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
Qantas Super - the Mascot-based fund for employees of Australia's national air carrier - has promoted Chris Grogan to deputy chief investment officer and head of defensive assets. Grogan has been with Qantas Super since July 2012 and was most recently ...

AFCA tallies up COVID-19 complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) received close to 1500 complaints about superannuation funds over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Releasing data now that the World Health Organisation has declared the pandemic over, AFCA said ...

Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Australia is one of the world's savviest and highest-performance institutional investor markets, and the way it has embraced climate active and ESG investment strategies is about to be supercharged. After almost a decade-and-a-half of climate and ...

Boutique appoints head of distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
A boutique portfolio management firm has welcomed a new head of distribution, hiring from Trilogy Funds. Innova Asset Management appointed Laurence Gamboa to the role, as it looks to grow its profile among non-aligned financial advisers and dealer groups. ...

Kilter Rural launches $500m agriculture fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023
The Kilter Agriculture Fund is set to launch this month, providing investors access to institutional quality farmland aggregation in the New South Wales Riverina. The initiative will see an initial purchase of 7000 hectares grow to an aggregation of ...

Former adviser jailed for nine years

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
Former financial adviser Gavin Fineff has been sentenced to nine years in prison after a court determined he defrauded 12 clients $3.36 million. Fineff, who was working as a representative for Sentinel Wealth when the crimes took place, defrauded clients ...

Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
The four-day workweek wave has hit Australian shores and its many advocates believe it can play a major role in closing the gender pay gap in retirement. This month, Labor and Greens senators backed a recommendation by the Senate work and care committee ...