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Australia's wealthiest women not getting the advice they need

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... higher divorce rates, especially among older generations, HNW women are often required to navigate wealth management, at times without prior experience or existing relationships with professionals. The research found these women, most of them time-poor ...

US Federal Reserve eyes multiple interest rate cuts this year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... past few months had been particularly volatile, with financial markets expecting the Fed to cut policy rates at least six times this year. "The hot January and February inflation and jobs reports prompted markets to significantly revise their expectations ...

AustralianSuper's move to boost productivity by up to 30%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... ROI will be substantial over the longer-term. "Increasing productivity by 5% will pay for the actual technology multiple times over. With that kind of ROI, we don't have to be too aggressive," he said. "Over the next few years, it's probably going to ...

Advanced ETP portfolios come at higher cost, complexity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... the need for income in retirement. In contrast, a basic ETP portfolio costs around 10 basis points per year - about three times less than the intermediate portfolio. However, an intermediate ETP toolbox portfolio has more products and requires higher ...

Iress loses key wealth executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... for the 2023 financial year. Iress posted a net profit of $52.7 million the year before. Haqqani has shifted roles three times in as many months as the advice software provider reshuffled its wealth leadership team to try and accelerate growth and boost ...

Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... fund's investment exposure. All investments of the fund were published on the fund's mobile application and website at all times to ensure that investors were fully aware of the entire portfolio," MSC said. MSC attributed Bloom's decision to wind up ...

Financial services 300x more likely to get hacked: Expert

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... getting hacked as a financial services business are extremely high. "Recent data suggests that financial services are 300 times more likely to have an attack," Jack said. "The cost of an attack can be devastating. It can be devastating for your client ...

New caps can increase super contributions: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... contribution cap will increase from $27,500 to $30,000. The non-concessional contribution cap - which is expressed as four times the standard concessional contribution cap - will also increase from $110,000 to $120,000. This also means that the maximum ...

Super contribution caps to rise on July 1

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... raised in three years. The caps are indexed to AWOTE in increments of $2500, while the non-concessional cap is set at four times the concessional cap. Meantime, the three-year bring forward limits will increase from $330,000 to $360,000, unless they ...

Family offices choose private credit: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... of which are in the 10% plus range," KKR said. "We too view private credit as an attractive asset class, particularly in times of dislocation when the ability to pivot quickly and be nimble is rewarded," KKR said. Multiple chief investment officers stated ...