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Ireland to create new sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... including those posed by its ageing population, and is targeting €100 billion by the mid-2030s. Announced as part of the country's 2024 budget package, finance minister Michael McGrath said laws will be introduced to mandate the government annually ...

Global economy 'remarkably resilient', faces growth challenges: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... those in Africa, she highlighted. "This results in deepening divergence in economic fortunes between and within different country groups. Part of it comes from 'economic scarring.' We estimate that the cumulative global output loss from successive shocks ...

Skynet adviser stole $10.2m: Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
... by ASIC in April, stole $10,152,061.93 from 38 clients between 10 October 2014 and 9 January 2019, documents from the Country Court of Victoria show. In most cases, Nugara convinced clients to transfer their savings or rollover monies in their superannuation ...

NextGen Financial Group forced into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
... advisers that landed in hot water. Most recently, former NextGen adviser David Mario Valvo was banned from leaving the country and saw his assets frozen as ASIC investigates if he inappropriately charged clients' super funds. ASIC dealt out a three-year ...

Gender parity in funds management stalls

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... 6.2% were led by female managers. The report noted women are often managing more specialised strategies such as single-country emerging markets or those focused on consumer discretionary stocks. It was also highlighted that women typically oversee smaller ...

Prime Super acquires utilities provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... business Savant Energy and our wind energy assets, we'll be able by 2025, to transmit green energy throughout the country and create many new jobs for people," Baird said.

Project to tackle dwindling number of risk advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
In response to the scarcity of risk advisers in the country, Risk Hub and LGF Financial Services (Loyalty) are collaborating on a pilot project aimed at addressing the issue. The pilot project, due to be rolled out in the coming months, will invite ...

First Australians Capital appoints managing partner, receives $9m backing

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... given the opportunity to leverage my experience better to support First Nations businesses and entrepreneurs across the country, to build wealth for Indigenous communities and walk beside them on their impact journey," he said. Saulo added FAC has been ...

SG Hiscock starts distributing small cap fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
... companies and will be distributed to the Australian market by SGH. The firms said the fund does not use pre-set sector or country weightings, allowing the portfolio manager to follow the momentum factor within the risk management parameters of the fund. ...

Australians retiring later than global peers: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
... necessarily being felt by individuals, with 48% of respondents saying it will take a miracle to retire securely. Natixis IM country head Louise Watson said that while the superannuation system is world-class, she said it's concerning that Aussies ...