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Eyes on gaming, Chinese tech in 2025: Orbis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... play Switch games, and that's essentially the model that PlayStation and Xbox have had in place for at least one generation. "We think what this does is it makes a much smoother transition from the prior generation to the next generation." The move ...

Investment habits of the generations revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... like to invest in as well as how they invest. Mobile trading apps are used by approximately two in five of the next generation with investments, and online brokerage accounts by one in four. Gen Z and Gen Y are more likely to use mobile trading apps ...

Superannuation tax shakeup proposed by Actuaries Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
A discussion paper commissioned by the Actuaries Institute has proposed a three-pronged tax reform package aimed at making the superannuation system less complex, more equitable, and sustainable. The professional body argued that the complexity of taxes ...

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 ...