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abrdn sells local trustee business

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... Fund, abrdn Multi-Asset Income Fund, abrdn Global Corporate Bond Fund, abrdn Global Risk Mitigation Fund, SGH Australian Small Companies Fund and the SGH Ex-20 Australian Equities Fund. The move reflects abrdn's decision to move from internal trusteeship ...

ASIC flags AI regulation remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... will be deeply involved in assessing how the risks and opportunities that come from AI will impact the markets, small businesses, consumers, and the wider economy. "We will look at other developments in this space as well, such as crypto tech - digitisation ...

Super planning remains top adviser focus this EOFY: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... their employees' so increased obligations are met. From an administrative point of view, he also flagged small businesses should be aware of super payday changes. "A lot of advisers probably saw that, just before the federal budget, the government ...

Cheques to wind down by 2030: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... that contribute to strong, sustainable and inclusive growth." However, a potential set of policies to "encourage small businesses to adopt and adapt to technology," will first require amendments to policy and regulatory settings. "We're going to update ...

Cash rate hits 4.1%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... president Hayden Groves said that the RBA may stick to its economics, but it is not immune to political pressures as small businesses and young families with a mortgage struggle with another rate increase. "The pace of rate increases leaves the economy ...

Wage increases to offset more rate hikes: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... add more pressure to some of their employers. ACCI chief executive Andrew McKellar said the lift is a "blow" to small businesses. "Today's decision will come as a hammer blow for the 260,000 small and family-owned businesses who pay minimum and award ...

The Australian small-cap conundrum: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
Australian investors have traditionally been attracted to Australian small caps, yet locally, the asset class has consistently underperformed when compared to its global counterpart. A new research paper released by VanEck titled Global small-caps ...

Blackwattle Investment Partners debuts

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
... serve as portfolio managers across Blackwattle's four initial fund offerings, comprising Australian large caps, mid-caps, small caps and a long-short strategy. In creating these funds, Skinner said Blackwattle identified where there was demand from investors ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... proceeds with the taxation of unrealised gains as proposed in their consultation paper released in late March, given many small business premises and farms are owned by SMSFs, this new tax could drive up their costs substantially at a time of unprecedented ...

What you need to know about the 2023-24 budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... them," he said. There were several winners in this year's budget, including economically disadvantaged women, small businesses and the aged care sector. For financial advisers, the budget promised several measures that will make it easier and cheaper ...