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UK pensions tapped to strengthen local startups

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
The UK Treasury has announced plans to consolidate the nation's pension fund sector and unlock £75 billion in retirement savings to back high-growth companies. Yesterday, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Mansion House reforms and cited plans ...

Commonwealth Bank backs Wollemi Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
The bank was a major strategic investor in the investment boutique's recent capital raising, eyeing an opportunity to help its customers better manage their own carbon emissions. Named after the endangered Australian pine tree species, Wollemi Capital ...

Asset managers dismiss liquidity risks: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
Too many asset managers are disregarding liquidity risks and are unprepared in the event of mass redemptions, a review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) finds. The UK regulator found that many authorised funds dismiss their liquidity management ...

Netwealth relaunches Wealth Accelerator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
The revamped platform offers a range of new services, including the ability to manage off-platform assets and custodial assets through the one account. Netwealth is relaunching the flagship Wealth Accelerator platform to better service the growing number ...

The boomer boom is over: AUSIEX

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
As Baby Boomers exit the workforce, all wealth industry participants need to rise to the challenges and opportunities presented by the great intergenerational wealth transfer, AUSIEX chief executive Patrick Salis says. According to AUSIEX's latest research ...

Government pledges $2bn to fast-track social housing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
The government has unveiled a $2 billion Social Housing Accelerator investment to expedite the construction of new social housing across Australia. The Social Housing Accelerator funds will be dispensed to State and Territory governments within the ...

New Quantum reveals Nasdaq listing plans

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
Bondi-based digital wealth management platform New Quantum has signed a business combination agreement with Canna-Global Acquisition Corp to become a publicly listed company in the US. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Canna-Global, New Quantum will now ...

Willis Towers Watson names global investments lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
Willis Towers Watson will have a new global head of investments, effective July 1. Diya Luke has been appointed to the role, replacing Chris Ford who is set to retire this month. She has been with WTW for almost two decades, first as an investment consultant ...

Cboe launches first ever global listing network

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
Cboe Global Markets has launched a global listing network facilitating access to capital and secondary liquidity for companies and ETFs. The derivatives and exchange network said Cboe Global Listings is "the first-of-its-kind," and has plans to launch ...

Economists divided over cash rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Accelerating wages growth and higher than expected inflation would perhaps indicate an increase is justified, however, the economic hardships faced by Australians is intensifying. According to an economic misery index by the University of Melbourne ...