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E&P Financial Group seeks to delist

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... secured the motion to investigate how Dixon Advisory escaped unscathed from providing conflicted advice relating to its in-house product, the US Masters Residential Property Fund (URF). "The motion is relevant to E&P as it references E&P subsidiary Dixon ...

Super for housing debate heats up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... said allowing home buyers to tap into their superannuation could increase repayment capacity and put upward pressure on house prices, but argued that other factors, such as real wages growth, falling interest rates, and increased productivity also drive ...

Calls for independent oversight on mortgage stress

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
In August, Finder's Consumer Sentiment Tracker recorded the highest level of mortgage stress since it first began tracking in early 2019. More than two in five (42%) homeowners struggled to pay their home loan in August with an estimated 1.4 million ...

Super for housing to exacerbate affordability crisis: Eslake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
Superannuation being used for house deposits would push up home prices, undermining Australians' home ownership prospects, slash retirement savings, and come at a significant cost to the Budget, according to a Corinna Economic Advisory report by ...

Advisers reveal hurdles preventing SMA adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of model portfolios EMEA and APAC Kathleen Gallagher revealed the main concerns financial advisers have with employing managed accounts in their business, at the 2024 Financial Standard Managed Accounts Forum. ...

Payday Super penalties ramped up ahead of legislation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... have passed the most recent performance test, Treasury said. Finally, the ATO's Small Business Superannuation Clearing House will be retired from 1 July 2026. Treasury said it is working on the draft legislation through the second half of this year ...

Hanson backs Dixon Advisory inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... Advisory, which is now Evans and Partners, was able to escape unscathed from providing conflicted advice relating to its in-house product, the US Masters Residential Property Fund (URF). The inquiry will be heard under the Senate Economic Committee after ...

ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
The European Central Bank (ECB) dropped interest rates to 3.5%, the second time it's cut by 0.25% this year. The bank lowered rates on the back of inflation data that met its outlook. It anticipates headline inflation to average 2.5% in 2024, 2.2% in ...

Managers struggle to secure positive net flows in FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... net flows over the past year, according to Rainmaker Information. Of the 158 investment managers tracked in the research house's managed funds database, only 62 saw net inflows, while 96 experienced net outflows over the 12 months to June 30. BlackRock ...

BT outsources to SS&C Technologies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... investor servicing and unit registry services for 88 BT funds. BT previously managed the unit registry service function in-house. The head of SS&C Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS) Australia Shaun McKenna said: "SS&C has extensive experience ...