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AFCA consults on revised superannuation death benefits

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) is seeking feedback on how it approaches superannuation death benefits in hopes to reduce disputes and misunderstandings when processing such complaints. This follows on from another consultation ...

MFF Capital Investments to acquire Montaka Global Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
MFF Capital Investments has flagged its intention to acquire Montaka Global Investments in a bid to sharpen its "research focus and capabilities". The acquisition is expected to be finalised by early 2025, pending final agreements. Montaka Global's ...

RBA feels 'not enough has changed'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has held strong on its standpoint that an interest rate cut is not yet on the cards, as it released minutes from the September meeting. The board said that while inflation had been slowly coming back into the ...

Australia's best-performing super fund says no to crypto

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
Colonial First State (CFS), the best-performing super fund of the last financial year, has ruled out the idea of adding crypto to its investment portfolio. Despite its popularity, with nearly five million Australians owning crypto, CFS chief investment ...

Wholesale investor test changes on ice: Parliamentary committee

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
An overhaul of the wholesale investor test thresholds is on ice but potential major changes are still on the agenda, a parliamentary hearing confirmed this morning. Sitting on the committee, senator Paul Scarr said while there has been public debate ...

ISG ordered to wind up managed investment schemes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024
The Queensland Supreme Court has ordered the ISG Private Access Fund and the ISG Real Estate Equity Fund be wound up. This comes after ISG and its sole director, Benjamin Godfrey, had applied to appoint receivers to the schemes. ASIC intervened in the ...

Under the hood of a top global fundie

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2024
Investment management firm GQG Partners has achieved extraordinary success across its core strategies - global equity, international equity, emerging markets equity, and US equity. All these strategies belong to an exclusive club of long-only active ...

Pengana pauses share buyback

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
Pengana Capital Group's board informed shareholders that although the company's current share price doesn't reflect its true value, it's paused its share buyback program until uncertainties around the Employee Share Loan Plan are settled. The board ...

Trust in advisers reaches new high: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
Trust in financial advisers is at an all-time high, according to a new survey from the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), which found their value-add has been particularly critical in the cost-of-living crisis. The Value of Advice Index ...

Carnegie's MHC Digital, Circle target local stablecoin push

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
Venture capitalist Mark Carnegie's MHC Digital Group and fintech Circle have teamed up on a plan to ramp up USDC stablecoin distribution in Australia and Asia Pacific, exploring institutional use cases. USDC is a fully reserved stablecoin, with over ...