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Super baby bonus proposed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... incomes and people working multiple small jobs," Women in Super chair Kara Keys said. "The Bill is before the Parliament this week and has bipartisan support. There is no reason not to pass it."

Tight labour market not yet producing wage growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
Wages growth remains subdued ahead of this week's quarterly Consumer Price Index release, despite a tight labour market. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham expects headline CPI inflation to increase to 3.1% year on year in Q4 2021. He observes that both ...

Financial watchdog warns on crypto

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
In a public statement this week, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission ( ASIC) has issued a warning urging self-managed super funds (SMSFs) to consider the risks of cryptocurrency investments. The corporate regulator said that it had noticed ...

Pinnacle seeds Canadian boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
In another first for Pinnacle Investment Management this week, the firm has set up a North American-based affiliate in a small-cap equities fund manager. The fund manager is based in Toronto, Canada, focused on small caps and other global equities. ...

Forum: Do managed accounts measure up?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... financial advisers for remaining seats. The event will be held at the Fullerton Hotel (formerly The Westin) in Sydney later this week (November 25) from 8.45am to 2pm. A personal copy of FS Managed Accounts - The Journal for Managed Account Professionals ...

Link allows BCM due diligence

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... management division. However, it withdrew its offer to focus on divesting PEXA. This is the second due diligence agreement this week with Link providing Carlyle Group with due diligence information so it can develop a revised takeover proposal which ...

Fintech professor nabs unique award

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... number of downloads they receive for each piece of research over the past 12 months. Prior to the latest list released this week, SSRN consistently ranked Professor Cass Sunstein of Harvard University first. However, Buckley's paper titled The Evolution ...

ASIC shuts down unlicensed investment scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
... orders. On October 25, the first tranche of crypto assets held in Hala's name was transferred to the receivers. This week, the court made further orders requiring the defendants to attend an ASIC office to facilitate the transfer of remaining crypto ...

Sunsuper, QSuper merger legislation passes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
The legislation that will see the merger of Sunsuper and QSuper through was passed this week. The Superannuation (State Public Sector) (Scheme Amendment) Bill 2021 was passed by the Queensland Parliament on October 26, enabling the merger. The bill ...

Real Asset Management to list REIT, makes hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
... f lagging the listing in December last year, the firm will list the RAM Essential Services Property Fund on the ASX this week. The fund is expected to have a market capitalisation of $521.1 million and will initially own 33 Australian properties worth ...