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Intergenerational wealth picture 'bleak': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... it was up to everyone - governments, institutions, and older generations - to make sure younger Australians get a better deal. Sathanapally said there are clear policy opportunities to improve generational fairness. "Taking these opportunities will require ...

Chalmers teases superannuation update

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... partnership with Pacific Island nations is "extensive and enduring". "[We were] delighted to be able to sign and seal the deal with the Cook Islands. Some unique things about the Cook Islands and their people, they're also citizens of New Zealand, we ...

Blockchain platform MezFi launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
Newly launched blockchain platform MezFi is offering retail investors access to property investments designed for the wealthy via Digital Fund Tokens (DFTs). The platform essentially houses MezFi Fund 1, an ASIC-registered managed investment fund that ...

ASIC sues NAB for failing customers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has filed proceedings against National Australia Bank (NAB) in the Federal Court. ASIC alleges NAB failed 345 of its customers at their most vulnerable when they applied for hardship support ...

AZ NGA acquires Sydney advice firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... advice, and a team of a dedicated, capable professionals," AZ NGA executive general manager Chesne Stafford said. "When we do a deal, we don't just look at individual businesses in isolation but rather how they fit into our broader community. We consider ...

Super lobbies call for death benefit reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... been focused on "unpicking the barriers" to better serve their members. "Death claims in particular are complex, and usually deal with an untimely death. It is complex by nature because there is the insurance component and super payout," Delahunty said. ...

Fair Work ruling, ASIC put offshoring arrangements on notice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... choosing suitable service providers; can and will monitor the ongoing performance of service providers; and will appropriately deal with any actions by service providers that breach service level agreements or obligations as a licensee," ASIC said in ...

Macquarie offloads airports in $3bn deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
Macquarie Asset Management, via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 4, and Ferrovial have reached an agreement to sell AGS Airports to AviAlliance. The terms of the transaction represent an enterprise value for the business of around $3 billion (£1.53 ...

Bell Financial Group bids $51m for SelfWealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
Bell Financial Group (BFG) is proposing to acquire SelfWealth for $51 million in a deal which both parties find "compelling." BFG said in offering 22 cents for each SelfWealth security, shareholders of the trading platform "will benefit through increased ...

Bragg calls for Cbus to front Senate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... insurance claims. "When families have a bereavement, you would expect that the super fund will do the right thing and quickly deal with the claim. In some cases, funds are asking for multiple death certificates to be produced, which seems incredibly ...