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Sun Venture makes first purchase down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
... Singaporean investment giant has acquired 50 Miller Street in North Sydney for $148 million, following an expressions of interest campaign in Q3 of last year. The 10-storey block, previously owned by Sydney-based investment manager Sumner Capital, is ...

Government progresses social housing measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
The Albanese government's package of social and affordable housing legislation was introduced in parliament overnight. Under the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023, some $10 billion will be used to deliver 30,000 social and affordable homes. ...

Value companies to outperform in 2023: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... between 2001 and 2007." Value companies with strong pricing power and inflation linked earnings will thrive in a higher interest rate environment, absorbing borrowing costs and inflationary pressures, maintaining long-term profit margin sustainability ...

Put controls in place for super funds: Associations

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
Superannuation funds could soon break free from the shackles of intra-fund advice but financial advisers aren't happy about it. The Quality of Advice Review proposal (QAR) sitting before Treasury would give super funds the green light to provide ...

Whole of portfolio solutions running hot: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
More and more investors are transitioning to a whole of portfolio approach to manage risk exposures, according to BlackRock head of strategy, multi-asset strategies and solutions Katie Petering. In an exclusive interview with Financial Standard, Petering ...

"A lawyer's picnic": QAR report slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
Consumer bodies have criticised the Quality of Advice Review's final report, saying the proposals create a two-tier system whereby poorer Australians will only be able to access conflicted advice. Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran ...

My mind has not been changed: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... financial adviser," she said. Perhaps the most controversial element of Levy's proposal is that the statutory best interest duty obligations will not pertain to non-relevant providers. "The new best interests' duty would be a true fiduciary duty ...

RBA hikes interest rates to 10-year high, flags further increases

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has hiked interest rates to 3.35%, signalling that there are more rate rises ahead. Despite moderating global inflation, high CPI inflation in Australia (7.8%), driven by both domestic demand and global factors, remains ...

Treasury releases Quality of Advice Review final report

CASSANDRA BALDINI, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... Turning to superannuation, super fund trustees should be able to provide personal advice to their members about their interest in the fund, the final report reads. This would include transition-to-retirement advice. Trustees would be free to decide how ...

Private equity still hot: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
Private equity will remain the top alternative asset class for new investment over the next two to three years, according to State Street's latest global survey. The survey, commissioned by State Street in Q4 of last year, surveyed 480 institutional ...