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Certe acquires Genesis Financial Partners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
Certe has acquired Genesis Financial Partners with a vision to create a large, integrated professional services firm with over 20 staff and nine advisers. Under the deal the specialist insurance advisory firm has acquired 60% of Genesis upfront and ...

Foreign investment fees to double

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
Foreign investors will pay an additional $455 million in Foreign Investment Review Board fees over the next four years under new regulations. Seeing through an election promise, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is doubling fees for offshore investors from July ...

Tax exemptions overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy: OECD

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report indicates that Australia's lack of capital gains tax has led to a monumental increase in house prices that have unfairly affected the less wealthy. The report states that between ...

RBA scenario implies record costs: UBS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
UBS has forecast that the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) rate rise assumptions would cause an unprecedented payment spike for households. The RBA's scenario of a 300-basis point increase in interest rates by mid-2023 would see interest payments as ...

Recession a distinct possibility: Natixis

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
Most investment strategists believe that a recession is a distinct possibility over the next six months, with a Natixis survey showing that nearly one-quarter think it's inevitable. "After six months of navigating rising rates, inflation and geopolitical ...

Qualitas announces changes to executive leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
Qualitas has made changes to its executive team, appointing Tim Johansen as global head of investment and funds risk and Dean Winterton as its global head of capital. The real estate investment manager said the changes were made to support the targeted ...

Claim support a key skill for advisers: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
Financial advisers across Australia now play a greater role in supporting clients through life insurance claims, with almost 80% of advisers saying it's a key part of their offering. TAL commissioned The Value of Financial Advisers at Claim Time to ...

Treasurer announces RBA review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is instituting the first major review of the setting of monetary policy and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) since the 1990s. In the context of Australia facing a complex combination of difficult economic conditions, Chalmers ...

Inalytics develops new data-driven model

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
Inalytics has developed a skills-based data model that allows pension funds and other institutional asset owners to effectively and efficiently screen and monitor asset managers. The model, 'DECSIS', analyses the four core investment decisions and processes ...

Equity Trustees in new technology partnerships

CASSANDRA BALDINI, CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
Equity Trustees has entered agreements with TrustQuay and Nuj to strengthen the technology that supports its Trustee and Wealth Services business and its data capabilities. Under the deal with TrustQuay, Equity Trustees will centralise its Trustee and ...