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HUB24 tops platform rankings

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... platforms. "This has translated into a material step up in the range of annuities, capital-protected funds, and longevity protection funds added to the investment menu, as well as the development of new retirement calculators and modelling tools," explained ...

New head of private debt at QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... investors with purpose-driven capital solutions that combine the stability of infrastructure assets with the downside protection and complexity premium of private lending. The fund has since launched its multi-sector private debt capability that seeks ...

Allianz Retire+ launches new retirement income solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... income profile for retirees can be locked in now, market linking their asset base (up to a maximum return) with downside protection, until the income is turned on," Stewart said. AGILE is founded on a retirement solution that's tried and tested by Allianz ...

ASIC acts to combat financial inequality for First Nations people

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... activities are also critical in protecting this positive activity by ensuring lawful, fair service to consumers and protection of their rights," Professor Robynne Quiggin said.

"A lawyer's picnic": QAR report slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... improve the regulation of advice but said reforms must be practical and not so radical that they undermine consumer protection. In making these particular recommendations, Levy said: "If the regulatory framework continues to require all personal advice ...

Advisers put on notice: HLB Mann Judd

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... taxpayers to disclose omitted offshore income, capital gains and over-claimed deductions for reduced penalties as well as protection against criminal offences. "The ATO has significantly more information-gathering powers than it did during the time of ...

Government acts to regulate crypto assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
Crypto asset licensing and custody reforms by the government are targeting subsets outside the financial services framework. In a joint statement, treasurer Jim Chalmers and assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said ...

IFM Investors buys biogas developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... which has a 25 times more harmful impact on atmospheric warming than CO2, IFM Investors said, citing the Environmental Protection Agency. CEO and founder Marc Fetten will continue to lead GreenGas alongside the existing management team. "This displaces ...

Associations call for improved access to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
The Joint Association Working Group (JAWG) has urged the government to improve access to financial advice through the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) proposals. In a letter to assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones, the ...

Retirees feel the brunt of inflation: Challenger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... and a proportion of costs may also be covered by Medicare. Challenger said that the Age Pension also provides some protection from inflation, including the twice-yearly indexation of Age Pension Payments and the Pensioner and Beneficiary Living cost ...