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Super for housing will cause rents to soar: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
New research from the Super Members Council (SMC) has revealed using superannuation for house deposits could, over time, increase rental prices. SMC said the Coalition's plan to use super for house deposits is projected to cause a 9% spike in the ...

Treasury releases M&A draft reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
Treasury has released a draft of the intended reforms to Australian merger and acquisitions (M&A) processes. The reforms were flagged by the government back in April, in which it said the new rules would promote competition, protect consumers, and provide ...

FICAP to support Aussie icon in 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) will raise funds for Life Ed, the charity behind Healthy Harold, at its annual RockStar event next week. FICAP has selected Life Ed as its new charity partner in 2024, providing funding for the Healthy ...

ANZ, Westpac 'the cheapest majors': Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
ANZ Group and Westpac have been identified as the cheapest major banks in an "overvalued sector," while Commonwealth Bank was deemed expensive by new Morningstar research. Morningstar senior equity analyst Nathan Zaia said that the valuation divergence ...

Bitcoin ETF price war: VanEck, Monochrome cut costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
VanEck has cut the management fee for its Bitcoin ETF (ASX: VBTC) to 0.49% per annum, just days after Monochrome Asset Management made a change. The ETF provider said the decision followed more than $18 million flowing into the fund since its launch ...

SSGA launches new gold fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... its multi-asset portfolios. "Typically, rising real yields and a strong dollar spell trouble for the precious metal, but safe haven demand is rising, and some governments and central banks are looking to diversify their reserve assets away from the dollar," ...

Political risk pushes institutional investors to cash: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... face its own political event risk later this year, but the lesson from June was that the US dollar remains investors' safe haven of choice in the face of event risk," he said. "Long-term investor demand for the USD rebounded smartly in June, alongside ...

Advisers encouraged to embrace AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
The Investment Trends Adviser Technology Needs Report found financial advisers are showing a strong demand for better technology integration as they look to consolidate their tech stacks. Interestingly, the survey found the adoption of artificial intelligence ...

APRA: RSE licensees show 'common areas of weakness'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has issued a letter to all registrable superannuation entity (RSE) licensees sharing the initial observations from its targeted thematic review of the superannuation industry's preparedness for ...

Financial advice profession 'lacks consistent protocols'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
The financial advice profession "lacks consistent protocols" for handling suspected financial abuse and there are insufficient whistleblower protections, according to the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA). In its submission to the Parliamentary ...