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Payday Super penalties ramped up ahead of legislation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... Superannuation Clearing House will be retired from 1 July 2026. Treasury said it is working on the draft legislation through the second half of this year and flagged some elements may be further refined following consultation, however it is being urged ...

Arrowpoint launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... are increasingly investing in private credit, reflecting the rising appeal of the asset class. This marks Arrowpoint's second private debt fund. It is targeting returns greater than 10% p.a. net through a diversified portfolio of senior secured investments. ...

HAFF receives first round commitments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... moment too soon. And, with the funding tap at last beginning to flow, it's also reassuring that the government plans a second round of allocations to take place early in the New Year. "CHIA strongly believes that the HAFF program must be viewed as part ...

ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
The European Central Bank (ECB) dropped interest rates to 3.5%, the second time it's cut by 0.25% this year. The bank lowered rates on the back of inflation data that met its outlook. It anticipates headline inflation to average 2.5% in 2024, 2.2% in ...

Aussies unprepared to manage retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... that knowing what approach to take for pension income - for instance, drawdown, annuity, or a blended strategy - was the second largest issue facing consumers at retirement. While most adults are financially literate - managing bills, mortgages, credit ...

Former director sentenced for misappropriating investor funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... 'hedge fund', offering a split of profits from a trading account Sandiford operated, for a nominal one-off fee. The second was an 'income fund' where investors placed capital into a larger pool of funds to be used to trade foreign exchange ...

VanEck to launch defence ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... expenditure," Neiron said. "Investors are adapting to the likely reality that this will keep rising in the years ahead." The second reason is that demand for the sector's products and services is generally uncorrelated to the economic cycle. "Global ...

Monochrome moves to list Ethereum ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Cboe Australia. The Monochrome Ethereum ETF (IETH) would passively hold Ethereum, which is the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation after Bitcoin. Subject to approval, Monochrome anticipates that IETH will ...

Global X's best three ideas for portfolio construction

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... Though thematics don't have to be sector specific, they can be unconstrained by sector and geography, he added. Global X's second idea is the use of covered call strategies for income, going beyond bond coupon and equity dividend income with a covered ...

Challenger goes for growth with State Street

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
... invest and strengthen our servicing capability as part of our commitment to the Australian market." State Street is the second-largest custodian in the local market behind J.P. Morgan. According to the Australian Custodial Services Association, as at ...