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Nest plans retirement income play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... Robertson Paul Waters said DC savers are facing "a profound retirement adequacy challenge." "Innovative retirement solutions can play a large role in addressing these challenges and delivering better member outcomes," Waters said. "Nest's groundbreaking ...

ASIC cancels fewer AFSLs in FY24

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
ASIC cancelled or suspended 239 AFS licences (AFSLs) in the 2024 financial year, which is 9% lower than the prior period. Report 797 Licensing and professional registration activities, which tracks licensing and professional registration activities ...

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
... an emerging trend and ought be trialled is an important step forward and win for Insignia workers. It will allow them to play a meaningful role in the evolution of workplace flexibility in our sector. "At a time when workers across the sector are rightly ...

Ares buys GCP International in $5.5bn deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
Ares Management Corporation will acquire the international business of GLP Capital Partners and certain affiliates, boosting its assets under management (AUM) by $65 billion (US$44bn). The business, known as GCP International, is being bought for $5.5 ...

Tribel Advisory adopts estate planning solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
... conflict among families and loved ones," Tribel national head of advice Simon Little said. "As accountants and advisers, we can play an important role in helping clients determine how they want their affairs and assets to be managed and distributed after ...

Labor delivers another budget surplus, but productivity stalls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... different economic environments. This suggests policymakers need to pay closer attention to the deeper structural issues at play," Robson said. "Our productivity challenge is broad-based, but it is even greater and more pressing in the non-market sec ...

Pitcher Partners executives launch advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... includes the ongoing management of client investment portfolios, as we have done for the last 20-plus years and continuing to play our role as the client's trusted adviser," he said. "Viola Private Wealth is committed to making future investments ...

Schroders launches high yield credit strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... commenting, Mason said: "Following years of rates at near zero, yields have been restored and fixed income assets are back in play. Inflation remains sticky while growth and employment are holding up, forcing central banks to maintain rates at elevated ...

Family office, KKR buy up regional Queensland airports

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
The Infrastructure Fund (TIF), Australian Retirement Trust (ART) and State Super have offloaded Queensland Airports to private equity giant KKR and Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar's family office, Skip Capital. Queensland Airports comprises Gold ...

AustralianSuper appoints first chief liquidity officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... our scale and growth trajectory is attracting the best talent available in financial services," Delaney said. "Chandu will play a pivotal role in making sure the fund is ahead of the curve when it comes to managing liquidity and risk across the whole ...