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Australian wealth rises to $16.2tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed household wealth rose for a sixth straight quarter, by 2.7% in the March quarter to total $16.2 trillion. Residential land and dwellings was the largest contributor to quarterly growth in ...

ASIC freezes assets of Melbourne based licensee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained interim orders from the Federal Court freezing the assets of financial advice licensee United Global Capital and related property investment company Global Capital Property Fund ...

Unprecedented vulnerabilities in financial services: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
KPMG specialists say disruptive technologies, particularly generative AI, and the imperative to automate, are exposing financial services executives to unprecedented vulnerabilities. In Australia, KPMG partner Matt O'Keefe noted that heightened customer ...

Dexus sells three assets for $383.2m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
Dexus has announced that it has unconditionally exchanged contracts to sell three assets for a combined $383.2 million. The assets include a 50% interest Dexus held in 5 Martin Place, Sydney for $296.2 million, in which its 25% share was $148.1 million ...

Qualitas secures additional $300m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
Qualitas has announced a commitment of up to $300 million from a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) for its existing Qualitas Diversified Credit Investments (QDCI) platform. This represents ADIA's third commitment to ...

New NALE rules, AFCA's super powers passed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
Two separate laws that regulate how superannuation funds deal with non-arm's length expenses (NALE) and income (NALI) and expands the Australian Financial Complaints Authority's (AFCA) remit over super passed Parliament on June 25. Treasury ...

Partners Group launches private infra fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
Partners Group will launch a new private markets fund for local high-net-worth investors. The new private infrastructure fund is an Australian unit trust based on the Partners Group Next Generation Infrastructure strategy, which recently launched in ...

Coller Capital hires former J.P. MAM executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
A former J.P. Morgan Asset Management executive has been appointed the lead of Coller Capital's private wealth distribution unit for Australia and New Zealand. David Hallifax, the former head of Australia funds at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, assumes ...

Inflation spikes again sparking rate rise fears

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
Australians and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will be feeling disappointed after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the CPI indicator or May showing an annual increase of 4%, up from 3.4% in February. Canstar group executive, financial ...

Goldman Sachs names new head of Australian equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
Goldman Sachs has appointed Mark Davis as managing director and head of Australian and New Zealand equities. Davis will lead the equities team and work closely with regional leadership to drive the strategy for expanding the client franchise in Australia ...