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TelstraSuper picks Equip for merger partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
After announcing earlier this year that it was open to a merger, TelstraSuper will now explore a 'merger of equals' with Equip Super. In May of this year, and after 30 years in operation, TelstraSuper announced it was on the hunt for a merger ...

Investment boutique calls time after seven years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
Wheelhouse Investment Partners is closing its doors, having decided it's no longer financially sustainable to continue operating its funds. Wheelhouse Investment Partners was founded in May 2017 as a specialist income manager by Alastair MacLeod ...

MLC Super to slash admin fees for members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
Most members will save about $100 per year after the reductions, while some will save as much as $375. MLC Super said the majority of members in its MLC MasterKey and Plum range will pay less in administration fees from October 1. MLC general manager ...

Director pleads guilty to 'dishonestly' obtaining near $1m

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
The former director for Guevara Capital Access (GCA) and Online Trading Capital (OTC) has yesterday admitted he dishonestly obtained a financial advantage by deception in the Downing Centre District Court. Mark McCabe has pleaded guilty to three offences ...

Federal Reserve rate cuts beckon

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
The US Federal Reserve is widely tipped to fire the starting gun on its first rate cutting cycle in years; here's what top economists see unfolding. AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina said some people believe the Fed is behind the curve and that ...

Janus Henderson to manage new tokenised treasury fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
Janus Henderson will partner with tokenisation platform Centrifuge and its asset management arm, Anemoy, to manage Anemoy's Liquid Treasury Fund (LTF), a fully on-chain, tokenised fund. The US$360 billion asset manager will serve as a sub-adviser to ...

China to raise retirement age from 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
For the first time since the 1970s, China will begin "gradually raising" the national retirement age from next year as it looks to stretch a dwindling pension budget further to sustain its ageing population. The country has approved proposals to raise ...

HAFF receives first round commitments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
Housing Australia and the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) have announced commitments to the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) under the first funding round. Housing Australia has selected an initial pipeline of 185 projects to potentially ...

ASIC updates super calculator relief instrument

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
ASIC is updating the default rate of nominal wage inflation in its relief instrument, which will affect those who provide superannuation forecasts. The default rate of nominal wage inflation will decrease from 4% p.a. to 3.7% p.a. in ASIC (Superannuation ...

Pensioners to pay more under aged care reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
Many recipients of the Age Pension will pay more for aged care under proposed reforms to how the sector is funded, with wealthier Australians to cover more of the costs they incur from July 2025. With the nation's annual aged care expenses predicted ...