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Permanent disablement claims for mental health explodes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
Total and permanent disability (TPD) claims because of mental health for Australians aged 30 to 40 increased by 732% over the past decade, according to a new report by KPMG, commissioned by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI). Although the ...

New investment fund to drive gender equality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
Future Generation has launched a first-of-its-kind investment fund, dubbed Future Generation Women, investing in companies with prominent gender-diverse leadership, equitable pay, and policies that support the advancement of women. Minderoo has committed ...

HMC Capital makes $950m acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
HMC Capital has agreed to acquire Neoen's Victorian renewable generation and storage portfolio for $950 million. The portfolio comprises four operational assets and six development assets. HMC said the acquisition will further seed its inaugural Energy ...

Private equity, real estate spearhead unlisted assets demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... gaining investors' attentions thanks to their ability to combine the illiquidity premia with resilience and income generation," IFM investors chief strategy officer Luba Nikulina said. Citing data from EY, the private markets sector has grown to US$24 ...

Intergenerational wealth picture 'bleak': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... wealth disparity has become over the past 25 years between younger and older Australians. She said for previously, each generation has enjoyed substantially higher incomes than their predecessors, but the generation born in the 1990s are the first to ...

AZ NGA acquires Sydney advice firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... the AZ NGA partnership will secure the firm's ongoing success by adding scale and enabling it to invest in the next generation. "It is getting harder and more costly for advice SMEs to operate effectively so we sought a large, experienced partner to ...

Perpetual reveals decade of philanthropy insights

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... funder awareness because of catastrophic major weather events and biodiversity collaborations across Australia. The next generation within family foundations have also played a role in advocating for funding. In contrast, funding for arts and culture ...

Teaminvest partners to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
The Australian Wealth Advisors Group (AWAG) and Teaminvest Private Group (TIP) have partnered to launch the Succession Lending Fund. The fund was designed to address the growing need for succession planning within the accounting and financial planning ...

$3.5tn wealth transfer scares Aussie advisers: Natixis

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
According to Natixis Investment Managers, about 40% of financial advisers fear their businesses will be under threat in an exponentially growing wealth transfer environment. This is according to new research from the fund manager, which found 45% of ...

Queensland-based financial firm loses AFSL

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... financial service licence (AFSL) following its failure to comply with licensee obligation. ASIC revoked the AFSL of Next Generation Advice (in liquidation) (Next Gen) after the Queensland Supreme Court ordered the company be wound up on August 23. ASIC ...