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Arrowpoint Capital launches $100m corporate debt fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
The Australian-based corporate lender aims to take advantage of the large funding gap that exists between what the major banks can provide and the strong and growing demand from corporate borrowers. Its inaugural fund has been underpinned by more than ...

BTC Markets gains ASFL

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... sister company BTCM Payments. BTC Markets said the AFSL will enable it to further bridge the crypto and traditional finance gap and offer new products to its customers. The AFSL is currently focused on non-cash payment products and general advice, however ...

Systemic disadvantages create retirement insecurity: HESTA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
... Islander peoples, were involved in its drafting." While Australia endorsed the UNDRIP in 2009, HESTA attests that a legislative gap has endured. HESTA said that community and stakeholder efforts alone will only go so far in its support for the application ...

Lifespan partners with OpenInvest to launch advice solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
Lifespan Financial Planning has launched a digital investing solution to help bridge the advice gap. The new digital investing solution will support the mass market of Australians priced out of receiving holistic advice from a financial adviser. Lifespan ...

Evolving nature of investment operations boosts salaries

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... experience or they will have middle office trade matching skills, rarely both." Kaizen said there has also been a growing gap within the field owing to outsourcing and offshoring, citing a lack of foundation junior level roles available onshore, leading ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
As interest rates rise and inflation grows, some are lamenting a possible knowledge and experience gap in the industry, with a considerable number of financial advisers having only ever known a low inflation environment. At its May meeting, the Reserve ...

Dump annual super contributions cap: CA ANZ

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... non-inflationary policy solution in an election campaign so far devoid of any great superannuation ideas, CA ANZ said. "The gender pay gap in Australia is 14%, which puts women at a significant financial disadvantage to their male counterparts," CA ANZ ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
At first glance, the government's superannuation plan for homebuyers seemed a compelling proposition, but concrete analysis has revealed that at best it's only a marginal measure. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has applauded both ...

APRA identifies NESS Super board deficiencies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
APRA has told the $1 billion super fund to improve its governance after a review found deficiencies with its board. The directions follow a review of NESS Super's governance and an independent review conducted by NESS which identified skill gaps ...

Low wage growth a deliberate design feature: ACTU

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... underemployment. The trade union also attacked the government's capping of public sector pay and its failure to act on the gender pay gap. Earlier this year, the Morrison government announced it will provide a record $7.8 billion to deliver generational ...