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Australia to see strong flow of HNWs

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
More than 5000 high-net-worth individuals are expected to migrate to Australia this year. According to Henley & Partners' Private Wealth Migration Report, Australia saw a net inflow of 3800 HNWs last year. This is expected to increase substantially ...

Super planning remains top adviser focus this EOFY: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... public offer super funds will have cut-off dates around accepting contributions. "While you can get a contribution in theory right up to June 30, a lot of products will say, 'we won't accept it and we can't guarantee that we'll accept ...

Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... watering down important consumer protections," he said. The Financial Services Council (FSC) thinks Jones is making the right move to prioritise fixing the broken state of financial advice under Stream One, which aims to lower the cost of providing advice ...

Cheques to wind down by 2030: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
... deposits," it commented. The industry-backed campaign said a recent survey revealed 99% of Australians supported a legal right to choose cash to pay for food and essentials and are concerned about the possibility of a cashless society. "Cash is the single ...

ASIC chair calls out greenhushing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... good ESG policy, but we can't say anything about it because the regulators won't let us". The reality is the critics are right: this kind of response is just another form of greenwashing; an attempt to garner a 'green halo' effect without having to do ...

ASX lays out five-year plan to restore trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... Securities Exchange (ASX) is confident that it can restore stakeholders' trust and get its fundamentals and governance right as it lays out a five-year plan to rectify ongoing issues. ASX managing director and chief executive Helen Lofthouse today ...

AI in ESG: Risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... widespread implementation of AI across various sectors. "AI is certainly being used in the market to help with ESG issues right now," said Jessica Cairns, head of ESG and sustainability at Alphinity. "There is an opportunity to use AI tools for ESG analysis ...

TPB grilled over handling of PwC scandal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... findings, and we imposed sanctions at the end of 2022. We considered the information available to us and we think we made the right decision," de Cure responded. "... It's my view that we haven't failed to deal with what's occurred here." In dealing ...

APRA probes super fund payments to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
During a Senate Economics Committee session yesterday, it was revealed that APRA is investigating the financial relationships between superannuation funds and unions. APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole confirmed the regulator's ongoing scrutiny into certain ...

It's painful, but it's working: Lowe

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... ambition and our hope, but it's also our expectation," he said. However, to achieve this, Lowe said "a lot of things have to go right." "All of this is inherently uncertain and success here is not yet assured, we could get knocked off this path through ...