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Australian dividends surge in 2022: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... Index that 88% of companies across the globe raised dividends or held them steady. It also explained after adjusting the US dollar's rise against most currencies, technical factors and lower special dividends, underlying growth was even stronger at 13.9%. ...

Optimum Pensions urges super trustees to insure mortality risk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
Optimum Pensions has urged super trustees to insure life expectancy and mitigate mortality risk to meet Retirement Income Covenant objectives. Optimum Pensions' ' The difference between insured and uninsured retirement products ' whitepaper said trustees ...

Gurner, Qualitas close second BTR fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
The GQ multifamily build to rent platform (GQ) owned by multi-billion-dollar developer Gurner and Qualitas have announced a further build-to-rent (BTR) capital raise with another $2 billion for future growth, following the close of their second fund ...

Victim access to super should be extended: Associations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... have balances of this size, adding that contribution caps introduced in 2017 will likely see the number of multi-million-dollar accounts fall alongside attempts to deposit large amounts. The associations also warned against making access to superannuation ...

JANA awarded mandate by NFP

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
In a new mandate win, JANA will provide traditional advisory services, strategic advice and portfolio construction and risk assessment for Community Trust South. The New Zealand based philanthropic trust holds more than $270 million and has provided ...

Adviser pay, incentives disparity revealed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... Health white paper, Future Ready IX, which was released last year, found that staff pay now accounts for 48 cents of every dollar of revenue generated and represents 63% of all business expenditure.

Mason Stevens welcomes former Iress chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... experience in financial services to the role. "Including 13 years at the helm of Iress, leading the firm to a multi-billion-dollar market capitalisation during his successful tenure," he said. "Andrew's background spans from start-ups through to ...

Government acts to regulate crypto assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
Crypto asset licensing and custody reforms by the government are targeting subsets outside the financial services framework. In a joint statement, treasurer Jim Chalmers and assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said ...

Federal Reserve increases rates 25bp

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... did have some response, explaining US shares are higher, US bond yields fell, and major currencies are up against the US Dollar. The promised increases were elevated by Scion Capital founder Michael Burry who, on the eve of the Fed's meeting, tweeted ...

Aussie shares to continue outperformance: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... underperformance since 2009 is likely to be over. His reasons include mean reversion, a new super cycle in commodities, the Australian dollar no longer being expensive, stronger growth potential, relatively high dividends, less aggressive monetary tightening ...