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More guidance crucial for aged care transitions: AMP

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
Older Australians are not prepared to move into aged care and most expect it to significantly diminish their wealth, as AMP calls for more support from government and financial services. New research from AMP shows most older Australians are concerned ...

HMC Capital launches DigiCo REIT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
HMC Capital has officially launched its new Digital Infrastructure REIT (DigiCo) on the ASX with an enterprise value of $4.3 billion in data centre assets in Australia and the US. HMC said due to significant demand from institutional cornerstone and ...

Newmark Capital elevates distribution capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
Newmark Capital has welcomed a head of wholesale from Prime Value Asset Management. Nathan Wares joins from Prime Value Asset Management, where he was the head of distribution, responsible for distributing assets including Australian equities, property ...

Coalition urges super funds to push for QAR reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
The shadow minister for financial services Luke Howarth has called on attendees to the ASFA conference to put pressure on the Albanese government to legislate reforms from the Quality of Advice Review (QAR). "Sadly, the Labor government has been slow ...

Trump 2.0 set to boost small and mid-caps: Canopy Investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
The volatile environment under a second Donald Trump administration could create opportunities in active investing, particularly in global small and mid-caps companies, according to Canopy Investors. Canopy Investors portfolio manager Kris Webster said ...

ASIC flags 'consistently weak' claims processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
Following its recent action against Cbus, ASIC has warned all super trustees to ensure they are processing death benefit claims efficiently, saying it has seen "consistently weak" practices and "operational failures." ASIC has put super funds on notice ...

Chalmers unveils new superannuation reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced new reforms the government will be rolling out for Australia's superannuation system. Speaking at the annual Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference, Chalmers gave an address laying out ...

Cbus confirms CFMEU nominations to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
Cbus has confirmed Paddy Crumlin, Jason O'Mara and Lucy Weber have joined the board after satisfying a 'fit and proper persons test' as part of the ongoing independent review being conducted by Deloitte at the direction of APRA. The findings ...

Low-cost funds outperform in most asset classes: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
A new report from Morningstar demonstrates low-cost funds have typically outperformed their more expensive peers in the past, with the cheapest options always achieving a higher success ratio in most categories. Most prominently, in the multisector ...

TWC launches Global Wealth Creators Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
TWC Investment Management has launched the Select Global Wealth Creators Fund (SGWC), offering access to high-quality companies to wholesale and institutional investors. The actively managed fund aims to deliver annual returns of 3-4% above the MSCI ...