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QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... in the US. QIC Infrastructure now actively manages a global portfolio of $33 billion with 22 direct investments across 5 OECD countries. The global team comprises 84 dedicated investment professionals and 63 non-executive directors and advisors across ...

Super tax concessions cost $54.5bn in lost revenue: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... that Australia still experiences above average rates of poverty in retirement, coming in at the sixth highest rate in the OECD. The top 20% of income earners receive more than 50% of superannuation tax concessions, the research found. The share of Australian ...

Budget 2024: Change to foreign investment rules

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... certainty for foreign investors by aligning Australia's tax law for foreign resident capital gains more closely with the OECD standards and international best practice," the Budget said. Conversely, investments in non-sensitive sectors will be streamlined ...

Treasury shakes up foreign investing framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... "Australia is an attractive destination for foreign investment, with investment flows into our country consistently outpacing the OECD average since 2006. Direct and portfolio foreign investment in our economy grew to be worth about $3.5 trillion in ...

Income inequality elevated, spikes: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... close to the average of wealthy nations of 0.315, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), ranking the country with the 14th highest level of inequality. Further, Oxfam found that low-income countries face a debt ...

QIC opens new international office

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... globalisation and client diversification story. Until now, QIC's international operations have primarily revolved around OECD markets, where it has actively invested and managed assets, with established offices in North America, the UK, and Europe. ...

Advisers turning to cash, fixed income: Data

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... preferred choices. "With the backdrop of the most accelerated rate hike cycle in recent history (domestically and in most OECD countries), the pendulum has certainly fully swung the other way, reigniting demand for cash and fixed income as asset classes ...

Mirova targets super funds in multi-billion dollar raise

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
... primary focus for deployment remains Europe, Mirova said there is potential for some investments to be directed towards other OECD member countries. It explained that by replicating successful models, it seeks to expand the partnerships it has established ...

Super tax change to impact SMSF members: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... earnings. "Taxing unrealised capital gains is a somewhat radical departure from existing tax policy and extremely rare in OECD pension systems," he said. "There are potentially far broader consequences than those already outlined, and we recommend that ...

Goldman Sachs launches global infra feeder fund for Aussie investors

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023
... that invented infrastructure and there are significant amounts of capital here," he explained. "We focus on international OECD markets where our sourcing of transactions is highly differentiated and where we see best-in-class opportunities." However ...