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QIC names next chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... also pay tribute to Ian Martin, whose contributions since 2019 have ensured QIC is the stronger organisation that we are today." For his part, Martin said it's been a privilege to chair QIC over the past five years. "I'm proud of the way the organisation ...

Warren Buffet honours Charlie Munger in Berkshire shareholder letter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... offer an occasional large-scale opportunity. "Though the stock market is massively larger than it was in our early years, today's active participants are neither more emotionally stable nor better taught than when I was in school. For whatever reasons ...

Iress sells platforms business

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... natural home for the clients and employees of the Iress platform business and we are delighted to have reached an agreement today which is in the best interests of all parties."

Morrison divestment lifts Sequoia profits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... group of businesses using a 'tortoise' rather than a 'hare' approach. At that time, Sequoia's shares were worth 20 cents; today it sits at 48 cents. It said it is strongly positioned to fund its next round of growth, saying it has $32 million on hand ...

Proposed super tax requires perspective: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... now, but this is an unindexed cap and this cohort has decades of working and saving left, she pointed out. A 35-year-old today, for example, is dealing in a different world of contribution caps to a 65-year-old as contribution caps are much lower and ...

New caps can increase super contributions: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
The changes in concessional and non-concessional contributions caps announced today could mean that some Australians can have additional disposable income to contribute to superannuation, according to the SMSF Association. From 1 July 2024, the standard ...

JANA wins mandate from public sector super fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... services, attributing it to a diverse clientele seeking institutional-quality investment opportunities and implementation. "In today's volatile market environment investors need to be equipped with a well-diversified investment portfolio across a range ...

Super tax is a 'wealth tax': Taylor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... Labor's Division 296 Tax is an unindexed wealth tax." Citing treasury numbers, Taylor said that an average earning 21-year-old today will pay double in taxes on retirement savings based on this new policy. Together with Labor's other changes ...

ASIC vigilant on bad SMSF advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... to rollover their superannuation into newly created SMSFs and lend those funds to two companies where he was a director. Today, ASIC said it accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from former financial adviser Shivdeep Jaidka after he failed to provide ...

Crypto fintech needed AFSL, court says

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
ASIC has had its first court win in relation to cryptocurrency, with fintech Block Earner found to have offered a financial product to retail investors without a licence. However, it was a mixed outcome for the regulator, with another allegation quashed. ...