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Australia's competitiveness climbs world rankings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
Stronger business and government investment, population growth and budget positions have seen Australia record its best international competitiveness ranking since 2011. The nation rose from 19th to 13th in the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2024 ...

Temasek invests $300m in Betashares

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
The Singapore government's Temasek Holdings will become part owner of Betashares, injecting $300 million into the exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider. The $38 billion Betashares said it entered into a binding agreement with Temasek in a bid to accelerate ...

Advisers call for apology from Super Members Council

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... welcome an apology from the SMC, and an acknowledgment of the many thousands of professional financial advisers in this country who are doing a great job ensuring the financial wellbeing of their clients every day." While several financial advisers welcomed ...

CSLR makes inaugural payments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... and convinced the victim she was investing in a property that was to be built. The adviser stole the money and fled the country, leaving her and her family in a difficult financial situation that led to applying for a financial hardship loan to meet ...

Brighter Super awards custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... Brisbane and an extensive superannuation client community that will bring enormous benefits to our members." State Street country head for Australia Tim Helyar said: "This significant mandate further demonstrates State Street's commitments not only ...

BlackRock to launch new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... viewed emerging markets as a single asset class. However, this perspective has evolved. There is now growing interest in country-specific allocations, such as China or India, in addition to broad emerging market exposures. This shift enables investors ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... invasion of Ukraine. For example, an Active Super Responsible Investment report highlighted 'RUSSIA OUT' as a country exclusion. That report revealed that Active Super held investments in Russian stocks through two emerging market funds but begun ...

Former director sentenced to seven years in prison

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... that his dishonesty contributed to particularly devastating financial positions for those victims. ASIC said Ali left the country on 8 May 2018, during ongoing civil proceedings commenced against him by ASIC and while there was an ongoing ASIC investigation ...

New platform launches for high-net-worth families

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... wealth platform that aims to address challenges that individuals, families and professional advisers face as part of the country's $3.5 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer, including administrative inefficiencies and managing both traditional ...

Equip Super awards custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... effect on April 2. Equip Super merged with Catholic Super in 2019 and together have about 140,000 members. Northern Trust country executive for Australia and New Zealand Leon Stavrou said the decision by Equip Super to select Northern Trust underlines ...
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