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High-performing firms reveal strategies behind success

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
The success behind high-performing financial advice firms is largely driven by their ability to operate strategically with discipline and help advisers focus on servicing clients' needs, a new analysis shows. A study by Macquarie Business Banking and ...

Institutions must come to the table now: First Australians Capital

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
First Australians Capital (FAC) managing partner Benson Saulo wants to see financial institutions come to the table and back the Indigenous business sector. Ahead of the launch of FAC's Catalytic Capital Impact Fund which aims to support Indigenous-led ...

Pepper Money launches SMSF loan offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
Pepper Money has introduced a new offering, providing loans to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) to purchase or refinance residential and commercial properties. With lending options up to $3 million, the 'super smart' loans are designed for ...

Startup success hinges on founder personality: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
While the vast majority of fintechs fail, a new study from the University of New South Wales finds that their success rate is closely linked to the founder's personality. After using artificial intelligence to analyse the Twitter profiles of 21,000 ...

Ireland to create new sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
The Irish government will establish the Future Ireland Fund to help meet costs of the future, including those posed by its ageing population, and is targeting €100 billion by the mid-2030s. Announced as part of the country's 2024 budget package, finance ...

Largest pension funds see drop in assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
The top 300 pension funds in the world, including 16 local super funds, have seen their assets drop for the first time since 2018. According to the Global Top 300 Pensions Funds report, conducted by Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and the Thinking Ahead ...

Capital Partners acquires Partnership Wealth Management

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
Capital Partners Private Wealth Advisers has acquired Partnership Wealth Management. In a deal that was finalised yesterday, The Partnership Wealth Management team will merge with Capital Partners, joining a team of 41 which includes 13 wealth advisers. ...

Marriage splits for Australia's richest

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
In the span of a week, two of Australia's richest couples called it quits, resulting in a considerable loss of individual wealth. Australia's richest couple, Andrew (Twiggy) Forrest and his wife Nicola separated after 31 years of marriage but said the ...

Consultation opens on NALI reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
The government has proposed several changes to the non-arm's length income (NALI) regulations, which are set to affect self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and small APRA-regulated funds (SAF). The Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for Consultation) ...

Labor advances super performance test changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
As the government unveils a raft of updates to the superannuation performance test, due to take effect in August, some trustees are worried that it subjects Choice products to a rigid criterion. As previously flagged, all products will be subject to ...