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Calls for greater efforts to close gender pay, super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... adults are $1912.50 and $1665.80 for men and women respectively. In response to the findings, ASPL chief executive Kris Grant said: "Employers need to commit to eliminating the gap which stands at 14% Australia-wide, leading to a significant difference ...

Registrations open for FPA initiatives

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's Future2 Foundation has commenced registrations for its annual Six-Foot Track Challenge and is now accepting applications for its 2022 grants program. The Six-Foot Track Challenge is a 35-kilometre ...

Unlicensed forex trader extradited from Poland

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
Unlicensed foreign exchange trader Daniel Farook Ali has faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with eight counts of fraud, after being extradited from Poland and arrested following an ASIC investigation. The corporate regulator alleges that between ...

Strong wage growth lags inflation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... agreements which tend to be less reactive to labour market conditions. Sharing her outlook, ASPL Group chief executive Kris Grant said with the tight labour market, pressure on salaries is building, subsequently she expects the Wage Price Index to climb ...

Julie Lander named FEAL Fund Executive of the Year

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... managing $20 billion on behalf of 220,000 members. As the recipient of this year's award, Lander was gifted an education grant of $25,000, sponsored by T. Rowe Price. FEAL chair Brian Delaney said Lander has been an exceptional leader over the last few ...

Optimum Pensions, Generation Life launch lifetime annuity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... retirement product that would provide protection against longevity and sequencing risk. Generation Life chief executive Grant Hackett described the linked lifetime annuity as "a game changer in the lifetime annuity space". "We saw a great opportunity ...

Sovereign wealth fund awards $700m mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has handed a $700 million mandate to a listed real estate investment manager. The mandate has been awarded to Qualitas by a wholly owned subsidiary of the fund and it's to invest in local commercial real estate ...

Portfolio holdings disclosure rules "feeblest on the planet": Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... particularly as they pertain to unlisted, private equity and bond investments. The report's author, head of manager selection Grant Kennaway, says the PHD regulations in their current form don't enable an investor to compare portfolios, nor can ...

CPI rises, IMF lowers global outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... and ongoing high levels of construction activity continued to contribute to price rises for newly built dwellings." "Fewer grant payments made this quarter from the Federal government's HomeBuilder program and similar state-based housing construction ...

MSC Trustees appointed by Alceon

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
... corporate trustee market duopoly," Fletcher said. Meanwhile, Alceon executive director and head of real estate funds management Grant Atchison said: "The selection of MSC as trustee begins a new partnership with like-minded people focused on the delivery ...