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Why aged care advice needs tougher regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... regulation around aged care advice has led to superficial and often conflicted advice, that can put older Australians at risk of elder abuse, according to Aged Care Steps, which is rallying for tougher protections and laws. Aged Care Steps is seeking ...

Why fund managers are missing out on investment mandates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... research also revealed there had been an increased level of internal conflict between fund management teams and compliance and risk teams, which concerningly showed no sign of slowing. The international study with senior leaders and senior compliance ...

Foreign investors optimistic about Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Foreign investors are feeling particularly optimistic about Australia, according to Kearney's Global Business Policy Council's 2024 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index (FDICI). The survey, which reflects investor sentiment regarding foreign direct ...

Qantas Super taps fintech as an investment consultant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... "The partnership with Ortec Finance has delivered the performance and attribution reporting we require via a robust, low-risk system solution," Qantas Super head of investment operations Dan Healey said. Ortec managing director for APAC Stefano Seung ...

IMF flags concerns over 'risky' private credit market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... highly interconnected, and if fast growth continues with limited oversight, existing vulnerabilities could become a systemic risk for the broader financial system." The IMF said companies that tap the private credit market tend to be smaller and carry ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... necessitating an additional 200,000 homes. "ABS data for the labour force and overseas arrivals and departures suggests upside risk to these population projections, and hence, upside risk to estimates of underlying housing demand," they said. "Supply ...

James Mawhinney applies to have ASIC's case struck out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... representations which Mawhinney's lawyers have applied to strike out include the 'Bank Term Deposit Representation', the 'No Risk of Default Representation' and the 'Repayment Representation', which ASIC relied upon when it went after the investment ...

BlackRock faces 'stiff competition' from APAC asset managers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... market conditions. Global and local managers had to navigate a more challenging fund landscape as APAC fund selectors took a risk-off stance and displayed a strong preference for low-cost products with minimal exposure to market forces," Gain said. The ...

Legalsuper names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... specialist fund for the legal profession." The fund also now has John Robinson as executive manager, business enablement and risk, a role he took on in mid-December. He brings more than 14 years' experience in superannuation and is responsible for technology ...

Financial Conduct Authority cracks down on finfluencers, firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... media sets out that any form of promotion should be fair, clear, and not misleading, and must balance and carry the right risk warnings for consumers to make well-informed financial decisions. The FCA defines a finfluencer as someone who is "promoting ...