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Former wealth management chief ousted from financial services

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
The founder and former chief executive of wealth management firm United Global Capital, Joel Hewish, has been slapped with a 10-year ban from providing financial services. Hewish, who is also prohibited from holding any role within a financial services ...

Barings, Rest break ground on $400m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
Barings and Rest have teamed up to start work on a planned $400 million logistics and industrial estate in Sydney's south-west industrial corridor. Access Logistics Park, a 20-hectare industrial site, was jointly purchased in April this year by Barings ...

Inflation rises but RBA hike not inevitable

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... downward pressure on inflation if needed." Deloitte Access Economics partner Stephen Smith said today's figures should "put to rest" the idea that another rate hike was on the horizon. Smith said another rate hike could tempt pushing Australia into a ...

More than 11k businesses call in administrators

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
ASIC's annual insolvency data shows more than 11,000 companies entered external administration for the first time last financial year. While the figure is higher than previous peaks in 2011-12 and 2012-13, ASIC clarified that there are more businesses ...

WAM calls to save in-person AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones announced this month a review to consider making temporary changes to the Corporations Act to allow hybrid and virtual-only AGMs permanently, a move which Wilson Asset Management chief executive Geoff Wilson said is ...

Australian Retirement Trust restructures leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has undergone a major organisational shakeup that's resulted in an overhaul of its executive leadership team, including some key departures. The $300 billion super fund, which is nipping at the heels of AustralianSuper ...

Remediation professionals told to temper expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Remediation projects winding up at major firms has created a lot of competition in the job market for wealth compliance and risk candidates, according to a recent Kaizen Recruitment report. The past financial year has seen considerable changes in the ...

NZSF returns 17%, smashes benchmarks

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
New Zealand Super Fund (NZSF) returned a whopping 17% in the year to May, outpacing many of its benchmarks. Under the new leadership of chief executive Jo Townsend, New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund is aiming to double in size from its current ...

Household income buoyed by property investments: CBA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... 2024, with rent and mortgage costs leading in the category at over 10% - with the rise likely to continue throughout the rest of the year. Spending from average households has slowed due to heightened cost-of-living pressure, greater rents and mortgage ...

ASIC hits Melbourne adviser with travel ban

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has secured a travel restraint order against Melbourne-based adviser Barry King. The orders prevent King from leaving or attempting to leave Australia until 1 April 2025. They were made by ...