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Future Fund revisits actively managed equity investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt has reassessed the sovereign wealth fund's pivot away from actively managed equity investments. Arndt told the Australian Financial Review Alpha Live Conference that active Alpha-seeking strategies in the ...

Former adviser jailed for six years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
A former financial adviser was sentenced to six years behind bars for committing a $650,000 fraud, using clients' SMSF savings to pay off his personal debts. Appearing before the Maroochydore District Court, former adviser Brett Gordon faced nine counts ...

Ad hoc changes to super scare self-funded retirees: ASA

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
The Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) has noted several issues it has with the government's super tax concessions proposals, including the taxing of unrealised profits on asset movements and lack of transition period. In its submission, the ...

Superannuation market defies capital market chaos

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
Australia's superannuation sector is flourishing, with APRA reporting a record-breaking $163 billion in contributions for 2021-22. This growth was driven by a 9% uptick in employer contributions and a 23% increase in member contributions. Rainmaker ...

APAC investors cut PE allocations by 50%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
Private equity and venture capital aggregate transaction value fell by 45% in the region, excluding Japan, in the first quarter. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence the drop from last year's US$14.7 billion to US$8.09 billion in Q1 2023 comes ...

High Court rejects Mayfair 101 plea

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
Mayfair 101's James Mawhinney has seen his High Court appeal rejected, allowing ASIC's case against him to be retried in the Federal Court. In October 2022, the Full Federal Court ordered a retrial after it found ASIC's original case against Mawhinney ...

ATO keeping tabs on SMSF early access, tax avoidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
The tax office issued a fresh warning to the rich who use self-managed superannuation funds as a vehicle for dodging tax and those who illegally access their retirement savings early. Of the total SMSFs in existence, 25% are operated by private wealth ...

Illegal early release of super sees director banned

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
Gold Coast director Darren Edden-Brown has been banned by ASIC for eight years for promoting and assisting in the illegal release of superannuation. The corporate regulator found that while sole director of home buying firm Enigma, Edden-Brown had wrongfully ...

Former Shaw and Partners adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
A former Shaw and Partners financial adviser was permanently banned by ASIC after it was determined he was not competent and likely to breach the law again. It followed an investigation that found he, among other things, accepted unlawful commissions ...

AMP flags first strike on remuneration

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
AMP anticipates it will receive a first strike on its remuneration report following disgruntled shareholder feedback at this morning's annual general meeting. Based on votes that were already cast, AMP chair Debra Hazelton said while "the first strike ...