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Labor advances super performance test changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
... products will "almost certainly have a higher administration fee benchmark than MySuper funds" while products sold in a retail platform will likely have an even higher fee benchmark. Many members will be left in the dark about the excessive fees some ...

Property market peril to continue: Quay Global Investors

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... companies' values are up 7% or 8% and recently Vicinity Centres sold a shopping centre at a premium," he said. He added retail valuations are "holding up really well", with companies like Scentre Group and Vicinity trading at discounts to book. "The ...

FinClear partners with trading platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... for FinClear, the significance of Webull planning to provide Australian listed securities in the future to international retail investors cannot be underestimated. "It will attract a whole new community of investors to the Australian market, with considerable ...

Sequoia backs budding investment manager

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... the funds dealing in domestic listed and direct property investments. Euree will launch a range of multi-asset funds to retail investors, and Edmonds said both firms are looking to do this quickly. "What we are really looking to do is set it up as soon ...

Director banned for eight years

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... as a director of URS. The remaining directors have since decided not to proceed with the Plazrok project. "As a result, retail investors are at a risk of losing funds already invested in the project, to the value of $1.59 million." Interestingly, Foxi ...

Zurich fills newly created executive role

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... and New Zealand. Paterson will have enterprise-wide responsibilities for all claims teams and functions across Zurich's Retail Life, Group Life, and General Insurance business segments. He will report directly to Zurich chief executive Justin Delaney. ...

Advice practice valuations rise: Radar Results

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... enlists lawyers to help with this process. Transfer of assets take about three to four weeks. A basic AFSL that covers retail financial advice, superannuation, risk, and negative gearing currently has a market value of $20,000. Managed discretionary ...

Super funds consider future of PwC contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... 10.01% and Telstra Super's MySuper option in fifth place on 9.91% FS Sustainability contacted the largest industry and retail funds that currently hold contracts with PwC for audit and tax services to determine if they are reconsidering their contracts. ...

Cheques to wind down by 2030: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... cheques used in institutional and commercial settings could be serviced through the internet or mobile banking, while 98% in retail settings could do the same. "All this means that leaving cheques in the system is an increasingly costly way of servicing ...

AMP offloads SuperConcepts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... separation from AMP. "This is yet another step in simplifying the AMP business and delivering on the promises to focus on retail banking and wealth management," AMP chief executive Alexis George said. "The purchasers are more natural owners of the SuperConcepts ...