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Key Treasury initiatives outlined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Buried deep within budget documents are several steps the government will take to further boost our financial system, including greater powers for regulators and $11.2 million to enhance super fund member outcomes. While far from the headline measures ...

Investors greenlight LIC to ETF conversion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Unitholders in the Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) yesterday voted in favour of converting the LIC to a listed open-ended fund. The Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) last year initiated the process to convert from the closed-ended structure ...

Fiducian acquires Adelaide adviser's FUA

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Fiducian Financial Services paid $495,000 to acquire $23 million of advice assets from a North Adelaide adviser exiting the industry. The dealer group acquired the assets for a Tasmanian financial planner in its network, who is relocating from Tasmania ...

What to expect from the budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Ahead of the federal budget tonight, there is already some good news for the superannuation sector and small businesses. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has released details about a few initiatives that will be included in the budget. The government will ...

UK lender targets SMSFs in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
A UK marketplace lender is launching in Australia, targeting wholesale investors and self-managed super funds. CrowdProperty has launched in Australia under chief executive David Ingram. It matches investors with developers of small to medium-sized ...

Investec fund in management buyout

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Investec Australia has divested a portion of its $60 million emerging companies strategy to the fund's founder. The Investec Emerging Companies Australia Fund (IEC) has been bought out by David Phillips on the back of launching Commencer Capital ...

Housing market reaches new heights

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
The residential real estate market in Australia is estimated to have surged above $8 trillion, new analysis from CoreLogic shows. The housing market now stands at $8.1 trillion with the increase in value following capital gains in real estate markets ...

APRA approves MLC super takeover

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
APRA has given IOOF the go-ahead to take over MLC's superannuation business. Yesterday, the regulator approved IOOF's application to hold a controlling stake in NULIS Nominees, the trustee for MLC Super. On 31 August 2020, IOOF entered into an agreement ...

Farmland value grows in all states

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
For the first time since 2005, every single state in Australia saw the price of farmland increase. The median price per hectare of Australian farmland increased by 12.9%, with the nation enjoying its seventh consecutive year of farmland value growth. ...

AMP Capital invests in India

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
AMP Capital has made its inaugural infrastructure debt investment in India, co-financing a deal that will help build major roads for the country. AMP Capital is committing about US$73 million to listed road infrastructure company Sadbhav Infrastructure ...