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Low-margin clients hurt practice valuations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... while the industry has usually had favourable financing terms, including 10-year principal and interest loans, if this does not continue, we may see an associated decrease in valuations in line with shorter loan period amortisation payback periods." ...

FAAA calls on ATO to provide clarity over advice fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... financial advice on the proposed investment of existing funds, or even the modification/retention of existing investments, is not incurred in gaining or producing assessable income - can be updated," FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood said. "An investment ...

Coastal Advice Group merges with Compass Financial Management

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... years of collective experience in the financial services sector through the involvement of the four vendor principals. This not only provides us with the manpower and capacity for the next steps but also a wealth of knowledge and opportunities within ...

Ontario Teachers' massively underperforms benchmark

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... economic environment than what ultimately transpired. "As a result, our portfolio was more conservatively positioned and we did not benefit as much as we could have from strong stock markets, particularly in the US. We significantly underperformed our ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... and Prudential Regulation Authority drop plans for businesses to report on diversity and set targets. "These proposals would not capture the many smaller firms that have some of the worst cultures and levels of diversity and could be treated by firms ...

Global dividends reached record high in 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... dividends rising 7.2% on an underlying basis, thanks to strength in Europe, the UK and Japan. In Australia however the picture was not as positive. Australian companies grew their dividends or kept them steady, behind the 85% global average. However ...

Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... Presently, the government funds about 75% of residential aged care and 95% of home care, which the taskforce describes as "not an optimal or fair mix." One of the reasons for this, the taskforce said, is that the older people of the future are typically ...

Hostplus rejects anti-competitive behaviour claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... exactly this, especially when I see anti-competitive behaviour." Hostplus said in a statement to Financial Standard that it "has not advocated for a ban on workforce management platforms and any suggestion otherwise is false". However, in its submission ...

The tide is turning for North Asian equity markets: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
Maple-Brown Abbott head of Asia Will Main and Asian equity income portfolio manager Howard Ho are expecting a positive future for Asia's largest equity markets for years to come. Main and Ho said recent attempts to improve corporate governance in Japan ...

Coalition's super for housing scheme slammed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... dollars. A Mercer study of its Global Pension Index found countries that allow early access to retirement savings for housing did not have higher rates of home ownership than Australia. The study also found the common feature of the best global retirement ...