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New SMSF trustees drive financial advice uptake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
Trustees of newly established self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are behind a surge in the uptake of financial advice, according to a Vanguard/Investment Trends SMSF report. The report, while showing that adviser influence is growing in new SMSF set-ups ...

'Tensions' identified between FAR and other requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
The chief executives of several superannuation funds sat down with ASIC and APRA for a roundtable to discuss key issues related to the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR). As part of the discussions, the super fund chiefs emphasised the importance ...

CSC, Future Fund, RBA pay data released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... accountability is a catalyst for further action," WGEA chief executive Mary Wooldridge said. CSC recorded a 22.1% gender pay gap for total median remuneration and 22% for the median base salary despite recording an equal number of male and female employees. ...

Alternatives spark 'real' opportunities for HNW advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... they're looking to their advisers to filter opportunities and provide clarity. "Advisers who can bridge the access and education gap on alternatives will be well positioned to add value and differentiate their offer." Further, among the asset class ...

Former Qualitas duo launch funds management shop

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... struggle to secure the flexible capital needed to break ground," Poinsettia Capital said. "The result is a widening funding gap that also shuts out wholesale investors..." Poinsettia Capital co-founder Paraskevos said developer-builders bring deep alignment ...

Coalition's super on PPL plan 'deeply worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... less super than men. Schubert urged a swift policy reversal, saying making super on PPL option would widen the super gender gap. "Telling new mums to cash out their parental leave super payments is a deeply worrying departure from the longstanding bipartisan ...

New sustainable real assets boutique eyes housing, aged care

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... by the health, aged care, and education sectors. "In the current environment where governments are struggling to plug the gap for the enormous capital investment required to fulfill the population's unmet demand for essential services, the community ...

Mantis to distribute new micro cap offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... blossom in their new (wholly investment owned) guise." For his part, Canham said Balmoral Investors is delighted to bridge the gap. "For too long micro caps have been seen as simply an addendum to small cap investing. We disagree with that and believe ...

Institutional capital returns to retail real estate after hiatus

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... with an expected increase of 7.3% over five years. That compares to just 0.9% growth in retail stock over the same period, a gap that's expected to fuel retail sales per square metre to rise by 3.3% per annum by 2030, up from 2.5% over the decade to ...

Centrepoint Alliance to acquire Brighter Super's advice book

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... Super chief executive Kate Farrar said the fund's goal is for every member to retire with advice, as closing the advice gap is essential to improving retirement outcomes for Australians. "One of our key priorities is strengthening our ability to ...