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Retail the next frontier for private markets: Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... real estate and infrastructure investments are considered more difficult to out-perform. In turn, this may limit the incentive to allocate to these asset classes on the margin compared to other asset classes." Preqin expects that the private capital ...

Quinbrook sells unicorn startup to Brookfield

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
Quinbrook has sold Scout Clean Energy to Brookfield Renewable for US$1 billion ($1.5 billion). Brookfield also has the potential to invest an additional $350 million to support the business' development activities. Scout will continue to operate as ...

Court dismisses CBA, CFS conflicted remuneration case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
... benefits within the definition of 'conflicted remuneration', unlike a financial adviser receiving a financial incentive might. "ASIC, in its case, sought to elevate form over substance which was inconsistent with the language and purpose of the ...

A year of change: Phil Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
... Review, if it changes the underlying economic fundamentals of being an adviser to make it more profitable, may give more incentive for more to stay." He concluded that he is enthusiastic about the review and said there hasn't been anyone as active ...

The time is right: AFA chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... the Chartered Life Practitioner were assessed to give credit towards the completion of the Graduate Diplomas, a good incentive for people to finish what they had started. "It's been going on for three and a half years so there are very few people ...

MLC Life Insurance launches wellbeing service

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... solutions that make a difference, this is what Vivo delivers," he said. The announcement follows the launch of Vivo Incentive in June, which offers a discount on lump sum covers for new retail customers who have a Body Mass Index (BMI) within a specified ...

Tax exemptions overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy: OECD

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report indicates that Australia's lack of capital gains tax has led to a monumental increase in house prices that have unfairly affected the less wealthy. The report states that between ...

ASX 100 chief executive bonuses hit record highs

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... vested for the CSL chief." And realised gains for Goodman reflected strong security price growth and the weighting of his incentive pay entirely to equity: "With vesting of almost two million ZEPOs, originally granted in 2015, 2016 and 2017." By contrast ...

Those most in need of advice see least value in it: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
About 80% of consumers who have never accessed financial advice don't believe there is any value in it, according to a new study from University of South Australia which calls for the introduction of a government-funded rebate for advice. The study ...

AFA hits back at QAR submissions from Choice, ISA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... banning life insurance commissions and asset-based fees. Choice claims that life insurance commissions "create a perverse incentive for advisers to sell life insurance to people that are not suitable for their needs". AFA hit back, saying: "They are ...