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Count upgrades synergy benefits after Diverger acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... over 500 accountants and 550 financial advisers in our national community," Humphrey said. "The synergies we've identified so far will ensure we can continue to operate more efficiently, delivering better outcomes for our shareholders, member firms and ...

Qantas Super boosts ag assets by $200m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
Qantas Super has injected $200 million in an agriculture investor that has a $1.1 billion portfolio of farmland across the nation. The super fund has partnered with GO.FARM, a developer, manager, and investor in agricultural assets involved in the production ...

Future Fund posts 10.1% annual return, surpassing benchmark

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... of 10.1%, exceeding its target benchmark of 7.6%, as its total assets under management reached a record $223.4 billion. So far, this financial year, the sovereign wealth fund has posted an 8.3% return, with investment gains of $11.5 billion added in ...

The funds delivering up to 30% returns: Mercer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... Management's All Cap fund was the top performer, delivering a massive 32% annual return, before fees. QVG's Long Short Fund wasn't far behind, delivering a 31.8% annual return. In third place was Smallco's Broadcap fund with a 30.3% return. The three ...

Scott Farquhar steps down from Atlassian

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
Scott Farquhar has announced he will be stepping down as co-chief executive of Atlassian with Mike Cannon-Brookes set to lead the software giant as its sole chief executive. Atlassian said Farquhar came to the decision to step down after 23 years to ...

Platinum announces strategic review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
... competitive environment were difficult and had been affecting the company and its clients. "It has been a difficult year so far at Platinum. We have seen net outflows, declines in revenue and our investment performance is not where we would like it to ...

Fund managers nervously await 'golden visa' reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... without restriction. Canada, ranked 5 th, requires CAD$1.2 million ($1.3m) to invest in its start-up business program. These are far less than Australia's investor stream requirements of $2.5 million, for example, which provides the right to live ...

Adviser numbers plateau

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... Financial Planning continue to hold the lion's share. Rainmaker's analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (FAR) shows that the population dipped 2% from 15,881 this time last year. The numbers appear to waver around this figure as in ...

ATO targets crypto investors, sharing economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... mismatches with the tax return data that you report," he said. Similarly, property investors claiming deductions are never far from the ATO's watchful eye as a recent review found 90% of tax returns were full of errors. This year, Chapman said investors ...

Janus Henderson tailors fund to NZ investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024
... philosophy is that diversification works well in up markets but can be unreliable in down markets. You only have to look back as far as March 2020 when investor panic caused risk assets to fall in a synchronised manner. This fund addresses those types ...