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Barings expands APAC team

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... China, and Southeast Asia. In March, Barings took on Brisbane-based Gryphon Capital Partners to expand the structured finance and real estate capabilities of the firm in the region. A year prior, it acquired Sydney-based private equity real estate investment ...

Women less confident to retire: Vanguard

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
A study of over 1800 working and retired Australians has revealed a stark difference in confidence levels when it comes to how men and women plan for retirement. According to Vanguard's How Australia Retires study, almost half of Australian women do ...

Vanguard appoints head of strategy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
... fund manager merged the superannuation and non-superannuation businesses. At the same time, strategy was shifted to the finance function, reporting to the chief financial officer John Oberlies. Before joining Vanguard, Dempster worked as a business development ...

Super tax concessions cost less than future Age Pension savings: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023
According to a Mercer report, superannuation tax concessions for median income earners costs less than the future Age Pension savings from super. The Mercer Rethinking super tax concessions report shows under a model where individuals benefit from superannuation ...

Foresters Financial launches tax-effective education bond

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
... rising cost of living and education fees has subsequently had a flow on effect, impacting the ability for families to finance their children's education which then impacts their abilities entering the ever-competitive job market," she said. "An education ...

ASIC renews leadership team

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... markets, including supervision, compliance and enforcement of market infrastructure, market intermediaries, corporate finance activities and market surveillance. Rhys Bollen, the current senior executive Leader for credit, banking, and general insurance ...

Former iShares lead joins Stake

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
Former BlackRock iShares head Jon Howie will become Stake's new chief commercial officer, charged with driving new wealth creation opportunities for investors. Howie brings over 20 years of experience in financial services to the role, most recently ...

Pacific Equity Partners finances reverse mortgage lender

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) will finance Household Capital, a reverse mortgage lender, to address the retirement funding and housing needs of senior Australians. PEP is investing in a financing layer of Household Capital's funding structure, alongside ...

Liquidate $250bn Future Fund, says think tank

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
Given Australia's economic status, the government has been urged to liquidate the $250 billion Future Fund and pay down its $896 billion debt. According to a paper published by the Centre For Independent Studies, penned by Dimitri Burshtein, the ...

Former advisers costs CBA $1.2bn in remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... paid $4.50 per share in fully franked dividends, up 17% year on year. The bank's massive profit has drawn the ire of the Finance Sector Union, which argues that on the back of the results, there should be no reason for it to continue to close branches ...