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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 ...

Outflows, M&A batter active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
Rampant mergers and acquisitions, eye-watering redemptions and product closures over the last three years put to question if active fund managers are still fit for purpose. Rainmaker modelling shows that between 2020 and this month, more than 120 listed ...

Australian dividends surge in 2022: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
Australian dividends rose to a new record last year and investors reaped the benefits taking home a collective $97.7 billion in payouts. According to Janus Henderson, the increase was complemented by an 8.4% rise in global dividends which grew strongly ...

New head of private debt at QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
The Queensland government investor has recruited Simon La Greca as global head of private debt, replacing Andrew Jones who stepped down from the role this month. La Greca joins from Ares Management where he was a partner and head of infrastructure debt ...

Morningstar restructures investment team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
Morningstar Australia has announced a restructuring of its manager selection and portfolio management team, bidding farewell to its longstanding director of manager research. The financial services firm said its manager selection sector, which previously ...

Australia's first global carbon credits ETF hits market

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
VanEck Australia has launched an ETF to give investors access to a global marketplace for carbon credits. VanEck Global Carbon Credits ETF (XCO2) will track the ICE Global Carbon Futures Index, which sources carbon credit futures prices from the four ...

Susan Buckley to leave QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
After almost 21 years at Queensland Investment Corporation, Susan Buckley has decided to step down as managing director of the liquid markets group. QIC's director of fixed income Beverley Morris has been appointed acting head of the liquid markets ...

Former fund manager, philanthropist Brian Sherman passes away

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
Brian Sherman has passed away at age 79 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. South-African born Sherman was chair and joint managing director of investment house EquitiLink Group. In his memoir, Lives of Brian, he recounted how he came to Australia ...

Aware Super director wins Trustee of the Year

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
Aware Super board director Roslyn Ramwell has won AIST's 2022 Trustee of the Year Award. Ramwell joined the super fund's board in 2019 and is the chair of Aware Super's audit, risk and compliance committee and a member of its investment ...

Are Australia's wealthiest tight-fisted?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
The Centre for Social Impact's report investigating trends in Australians' income and philanthropic giving has found that although top-end wealth has grown, giving has lagged. Australia has the world's second highest median level of wealth and the fourth ...