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Former adviser convicted over false documents

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
Former financial adviser David Fong and his practice Fong Financial Planners have been convicted and sentenced in a Perth court for three counts of dishonest conduct. Fong, who was an authorised representative of AMP Financial Planning between January ...

Inflation problem is homegrown: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock warned that Australians' spending habits - particularly in the services sector - are now fuelling inflation. A trip to the hairdresser and dentist, eating out, and sporting and recreational ...

Scarcity Partners brings private equity investment model to Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
Scarcity Partners has launched a private equity investment model that enables investors to take direct equity stakes in investment and asset managers at the General Partner level. The Scarcity GP Access Fund, founded by asset management executives ...

Objective of super bill lands in parliament

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has tabled a new bill in Parliament to legislate an objective of superannuation, aimed at securing a dignified retirement for more Australians. The Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2023, which was introduced to Parliament yesterday ...

Pacific Current Group wraps up buyout talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
GQG Partners has failed to get support from River Capital to acquire Pacific Current Group (PAC), leading the latter to wrap up the transaction process. PAC will dissolve the independent board committee (IBC) it installed earlier this year to review ...

Sterling Income Trust executives charged

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
Three directors connected to the Sterling Income Trust are facing criminal charges over the collapsed property investment and management group's schemes. Sterling Group founder Raymond Jones and associate Simon Bell have each been charged with 11 counts ...

Government must revise infra pipeline: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said the government has some tough calls to make regarding the nation's infrastructure pipeline as part of its plan to regenerate the economy. Following Labor's review of its multibillion-dollar Infrastructure Investment ...

MEDIQ expands presence via merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2023
... Accounting Solutions, having signed a definitive agreement with the former's US owner Focus Financial. Omega was founded by Max Moodley in 2004 with the intention of being a "one-stop shop for medical professionals by providing tax, mortgage and insurance ...

Former AMP Capital executive takes over at Selfwealth

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023
SelfWealth has named Craig Keary as its new chief executive, set to assume the role next week. The news of Keary joining comes just days after the trading platform rejected a takeover bid from rival Stake. Stake was offering 17.5 cents per share, which ...

Selfwealth ditches Stake takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
Selfwealth has rejected a takeover proposal from competitor trading platform Stake and its offer of 17.5c per share. The ASX-listed trading platform said that after careful assessment, "Stake's incomplete and conditional proposal did not offer appropriate ...