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Market performance fails to sway retirement confidence: State Street

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... details. Notably, survey respondents predominantly favoured a retirement savings model that affords them flexibility in early years balanced by security in later years, loosely reflecting the Covenant's principles. Yet, the survey underscores a persistent ...

MSC Trustees acquires Certane Corporate Trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... In 2019, Sargon announced plans to provide superannuation administration services. Everything came undone for Sargon in early 2020 when it was forced into external administration by one if its creditors, Taiping Trustees. Five months later, Pacific Infrastructure ...

Emerging markets well placed for 2024

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... emerging markets, disinflation is now well entrenched, thanks to emerging market central banks having done a fine job of acting early and forcefully to preserve their inflation-targeting credibility." This, Buchet said, leaves the space exhibiting some ...

Adviser numbers stable at 15,650

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... Planning (278), Ord Minnett (258), and Synchron Advice (257) comprised the top 10 advice groups at the start of 2024. In early 2021, there were as many as 20,667 advisers. The population peaked at nearly 30,000 at the end of 2018 as the Hayne Royal Commission ...

Investors livid over fresh portfolio valuation: Mayfair 101

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... has increased in value by as much as $170 million. Mayfair 101 purchased the portfolio of 200-plus properties in 2019. In early 2020, ASIC froze Mayfair's assets and operations over concerns it was a Ponzi scheme. Many of the properties were handed over ...

Balanced portfolios to reap rewards in 2024: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
... seeing attractive opportunities to acquire stakes in companies from existing private equity investors who are seeking an early exit from the market. "Secondaries historically have had a discount of 5% net asset value (NAV), but following an institutional ...

Loftus Peak to take over Orca fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
... Loftus Peak will take over as investment manager of the Orca Global Disruption Fund, with the transition expected to occur early this year after having already been approved by the responsible entity, Perpetual's The Trust Company. It was said the decision ...

Industry funds gear up for brand transformation post-merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023
... in a particular industry or workplace sector." Meanwhile, Mine Super and TWUSUPER announced plans to provide more details early next year on their merger progress. In September, the funds cemented their commitment by signing a successor fund transfer ...

What you read in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... strategic planning and implementation to ensure a smooth transition for members. The merger is expected to be completed early in 2024, creating a $20 billion fund. 5) NGS Super suffers cyber-attack (March 27) In March, Financial Standard was first to ...

Vale John Quessy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... sector," the ACTU said. "He spearheaded the 2012 'Teachers are Teachers' campaign for pay parity for university trained early childhood teachers with primary school teachers." Quessy also led a successful drive for pay rises which was awarded the ACTU's ...