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AMP challenges BOLR court ruling

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023
... advisers under then-AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari, one of the many sweeping changes he implemented during his short time at the helm. When he exited on 25 December 2021, De Ferrari received, among other incentives, a bonus of $300,000 for ...

VanEck to launch three fixed income ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
VanEck is set to launch three Australian government bond ETFs, giving investors and financial advisers access to various maturity profiles. The funds management firm's upcoming product suite, scheduled for release on September 28, introduces three ...

HMC Capital reaches first close on fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
... institutional investor is currently undertaking advanced due diligence for the remaining equity commitment. HMC Capital will provide short-term underwriting support for this amount, it said. As announced in March 2023, UHF will initially own a portfolio ...

Bank of England holds rates at 5.25%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... anticipate only a marginal uptick in GDP for Q3 2023. Underlying growth for the latter half of the year is also expected to fall short of estimates. The Committee also observed "further signs of a loosening in the labour market," although conditions ...

Treasury consults on PwC-linked reforms

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
The government has published its draft legislation and is seeking feedback on its proposed reforms, which aim to strengthen the integrity of the tax system and regulators' powers in response to the recent PwC scandal. The new legislation outlines changes ...

XV Capital plots expansion, fund launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
Sports investment firm XV Capital is planning a new sports tech fund and offices in the US and Europe, making a slew of appointments in support of the strategy. XV Capital was launched in 2020 by former Australian Rugby Union captain Stirling Mortlock ...

Older Aussies are retirement illiterate: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... suddenly, through illness, incapacity, injury, or the death of a partner. As a result, advisers are often called in to help on short notice. "Even when clients include age care in their plans, they may not do so explicitly, husbanding their assets to ...

Responsible investment AUM drops: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... macroeconomic conditions in 2022, but also noted that responsible investment products underperformed wider benchmarks over the short term because responsible investment products tend to exclude mining, energy, and materials sectors, which saw strong ...

Australia sees modest uptick in HNWIs: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... 1531 high-net-worth investors (HNWIs) participated. It shows Australia's HNWIs have returned to 2021 levels following a short-lived decline last year to 625,000. The study found those with $2.5 million - $5 million of investible wealth have seen the ...

ECB raises rates to record high of 4%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... on. "Certainly, economic growth remains tepid, but Eurozone-wide measures of inflation indicate that progress is some way short of what has been achieved in say the US," he explained. "That lack of progress reflects a greater degree of caution from the ...