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Treasury consults on beneficial ownership disclosure reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... interest in. "The central aim of these reforms is to close existing loopholes in the disclosure regime in order to ensure greater transparency for investors and the market, particularly in relation to equity derivatives," the government said. The consultation ...

Advice take up falls amid decade-low retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... genuine financial readiness, not just a sense of preparedness," Guiamatsia said. "Taking action positively correlates with a greater feeling of preparedness." Adversely, retirees are increasingly confident to fund their retirement, with up to 23% of ...

UK to follow Australia's lead in creating megafunds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... wider range of assets, such as exciting new businesses and expensive infrastructure projects. Even larger pension funds of greater than £50 billion in assets can harness further benefits including the ability to invest directly in large scale projects ...

Perpetual reveals decade of philanthropy insights

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... distribution of funds across regions. The report also noted that the increase in state-level funding may be indicative of a greater focus on local issues, reflected in a 10% decrease in contributions to organisations working at a national level and slight ...

AMP makes operations, product, strategy hires

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... The next step will be to continue to build on North's market-competitiveness, extend our adviser footprint and drive greater awareness of North's leading functionality," Maloney said. "We have an exciting opportunity to continue to drive innovation ...

Old, retired males more likely to use a financial adviser: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... that Australian investors, who are known for having a home bias, are encouragingly, gradually shifting. "In addition to a greater inclination towards international equities over Australian equities, we're seeing investors use ETFs to access a broader ...

FCA changes bonds, derivatives transparency rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... proxies to determine whether an instrument should be categorised as liquid." Overall, the FCA said the reforms provide "greater transparency, in terms of timeliness and content of the information published to the market" and result in lower compliance ...

Australian Unity offloads banking business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... will provide Australian Unity Bank customers with the benefits of Bank Australia's larger customer service footprint, greater digital capability and increased scale, providing long-term sustainability." The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval ...

ACCC urges parliament to pass new merger laws

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... clarity on their obligations, the timeframes they can expect, and other key aspects of the process. It will also provide greater transparency and opportunity to comment on transactions before the ACCC for the wider community, including consumers and ...

AustralianSuper bids farewell to retirement chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... of his deep experience and knowledge of the sector and its members he has set a path for the fund where we have a much greater understanding of how retirement is different and deeply personal for each member," Schroder said. Blackmore was also a great ...