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CareSuper, Spirit Super charge ahead with $50bn merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
CareSuper and Spirit Super have entered into a binding agreement to merge, set to finalise by late 2024. The combined superannuation entity will have $50 billion in funds under management (FUM) and serve over 500,000 members. Last year, former CareSuper ...

Family offices look to infrastructure for alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... historically large policy initiatives such as the US Inflation Reduction Act and the European Commission's Green Deal Industrial Plan," the report said. "The enthusiasm for infrastructure in part reflects the ways it has expanded beyond roads and bridges ...

Family offices ignoring $3.5tn time bomb: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... has found that of the estimated 70% of Australian businesses that are family-run, only 30% have an established succession plan. This comes into focus with a $3.5 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer expected over the next two decades, KPMG said. ...

TPB grilled over handling of PwC scandal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
Fronting a Senate Estimates hearing, the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) said it has no plans to suspend PwC, nor has it formally considered whether the consultant breached legislative requirements to act honestly and with integrity. Appearing in Canberra ...

It's the year of the raise, says Hays

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
About 95% of financial services employers are planning to pay their staff more in the next 12 months, and it may just be because more than half of workers are considering going elsewhere, Hays has found. According to the latest Hays Salary Guide, 68% ...

Family office goals at odds with reality: UBS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... transfer and the processes, governance, and risk management in place to ensure that, with only 42% having a wealth succession plan in place. That's according to the latest UBS Global Family Office Report, which found the lack of a succession plan to ...

Adviser registration extended to October

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
Advisers now have until October 1 to register on ASIC's Financial Advisers Register, as the regulator extends the deadline. ASIC has pushed pack the slated July 1 registration deadline for several reasons. This will allow time for parliament to ...

Hejaz backs local Islamic bank

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
Hejaz Group has injected $10 million into Islamic Bank Australia as its chief executive takes up a directorship at the latter. The fledgling Islamic Bank Australia, which is currently operating under a restricted ADI, is due to launch some time in 2023-24. ...

BT upgrades platform functionality

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
BT is updating features of its Panorama platform that include improvements to reporting and document-tracking features. The reporting feature introduced last October 2022 will now allow financial advisers generate the same set of reports for potentially ...

Bank of Queensland slapped with EU

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... $50 million to take effect from May 30. The capital add-on will remain in place until BOQ has delivered the remedial action plan under the CEU to APRA's satisfaction, it said. APRA said BOQ has acknowledged the weaknesses set out in the CEU and has ...