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QTC names new chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... Treasury Corporation has appointed Simon Ling, an executive with nearly three decades of experience in investment banking, government financing and treasury management. Ling was most recently the head of financial markets at TCorp - part of an executive ...

UK watchdog to open Australian office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... made the leap to the UK to join the Central Bank of Ireland's policy and risk team. Her appointment is part of the UK government's broader strategy to present the UK as an investment destination and hub. The FCA also established a US presence this month ...

New sustainable real assets boutique eyes housing, aged care

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
A new investment boutique has launched in Melbourne, focused on sustainable and inclusive real assets. Peter Johnston, James Hooper, and Alexandra O'Dea have come together to form Socia Investors, 'socia' being the Latin word for 'partner'. ...

Government to 'crack down further' on financial abuse

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
The government will introduce new measures to target perpetrators of financial abuse, as part of its gender equality plan Building Australia's Future: Labor's Commitment to Women, launched yesterday by Labor senator Katy Gallagher and minister for social ...

Analyst promotions: TCorp, Future Fund, CareSuper, Fidante, First Sentier

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... Asia Pacific. Over at Fidante Partners, investment analyst Michael Kretchmann has taken on a new role at a Swedish government agency charged with conducting due diligence on funds sitting on the Swedish pension funds platform. Kretchmann has arrived ...

Spender criticises Labor's 'lack of urgency' on advice reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
Ahead of the federal election on May 3, independent member for Wentworth Allegra Spender criticised the government for its lack of action on urgent advice reforms. Speaking at the Financial Advice Association Australia's (FAAA) federal election ...

Div 296 must proceed to strengthen 'fairness' in superannuation: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... However, ASFA believes the tax can effectively ensure fairness in super tax concessions, arguing that the incoming government should commit to maintaining the sustainability of the super system by ensuring tax concessions are "distributed fairly", which ...

New government must prioritise payday super: SMC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) is urging Australia's newly elected government to pass the payday super legislation as a matter of priority within its first 100 days in power. The council's analysis found that in 2021-22, about $5.1 billion of super went ...

Coalition targets 'ambitious' goal of 30k advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... future economic shocks, leaving Australians under-advised, under-insured, and under-banked," Taylor said. "A Coalition government will rebuild the advice industry and make it a more attractive profession by reducing red tape and compliance costs to bring ...

VanEck to intro RMBS, India ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... drivers include higher GDP growth supported by policy tailwinds, favourable demographics and a growing middle class and government-led initiatives fostering improved efficiency," Neiron said. "Further, while many countries scramble to recalibrate in ...