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Court dismisses Mayfair 101 appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... been reinstated. He has said he will lobby to have the case heard in the High Court, rather than being remitted back to the lower court.

Retail the next frontier for private markets: Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... conditions. Preqin chief executive Christoph Knaack said: "Private markets have been in a super cycle over the past decade. Due to lower risk-adjusted returns in most traditional public asset classes, investors have had to look further afield to find ...

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... Watson, who has demonstrated that being below APRA's $30 billion benchmark does not necessarily mean funds will achieve lower returns than larger funds. "We've seen with fund mergers there's been a focus on getting larger to achieve better ...

NGS Super increases death, TPD premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
... time. "Overall, we're confident that our new insurance costs are competitive with other super funds and typically remain lower than insurance costs available for insurance cover provided outside of superannuation." Meanwhile, the fund has also updated ...

Wheelhouse Partners adds head of distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2022
... journey as a truly independent asset manager. Since launching our first global income fund five years ago, we've affirmed our lower risk and income generative approach and are excited to be building a dedicated distribution capability with Wayne's direction ...

BUSSQ sees strength in niche super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
The choice to replace BUSSQ chair Paula Masters with a builder with years of hands-on industry experience makes sense. Chris Taylor hails from a very different background from the chairs of other super funds. It is an unusual appointment, alright. He ...

Advice technologies seeing adoption boom

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... sitting at 31.4%. However, it added 42.4% intend to implement its usage. Data and system integration tools remained in the lower bracket with usage only equaling 17.8% of advice firms. The report said however 31.1% of AdviceTech Stars use them with another ...

KPMG proposes tax offset, reform to boost gender equality

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... where the value of the credit relates to the amount of time spent out of the workforce on caring responsibilities, carers on lower incomes would gain a larger proportional benefit upon their return to work," KPMG said. "Furthermore, by not phasing the ...

VC sector risks running cold

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... a new equilibrium is formed, this will start to flow again. "Some Australian VC funds have also recently provisioned for lower valuations ahead of any external pricing event in anticipation of some down-round valuations within their portfolio," he said. ...

Super funds more likely to recall shares for proxy votes: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... governance in the firms in which they invest," Ang said. Recalls are more common for shares in companies where there is lower support for meeting resolutions, including renumeration packages, indicating institutional investors want to exercise their ...