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Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... fiscal policy is not adding to inflationary pressures and to begin budget repair," the strategy said. Pertinently, data today from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.8% in the September quarter. Over ...

CommSec, AUSIEX to pay $27m penalty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
CommSec and AUSIEX will pay the largest penalty ever handed down for breaches of Market Integrity Rules. CommSec has been ordered to pay $20 million while AUSIEX will pay $7.12 million for systemic compliance failures over a nine-year period. In a case ...

AL&P hires global, APAC business development heads

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
... institutional investors who want to address their currency risk while generating returns through active currency management. "In today's challenging macroeconomic and market conditions, the additional alpha generated through currencies strategies has ...

UniSuper appoints new head of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... "Financial advice is one of the most important investments an Australian can make in their future. Taking the time to seek advice today can transform your future. That's why UniSuper is such an exciting fund to be part of, with its advice offering central ...

Advice fees jump 16% in FY22

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... cost of running an advice business - and therefore the cost of financial advice to the end user - can already be reduced today by finding the right technology partner. Automating as much of the technical components of providing financial advice should ...

QAR could see 12% increase in insured Aussies

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... number of in-force policies, with the level of comprehensive advised sales still falling," NMG said. "But not as far as today's scenario, which will by more than offset by a simplified life risk advice model creating additional new policies." However ...

Challenger offloads banking business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... strategy used in its term annuity business. At the time, Challenger said it expected to break even on the purchase from FY22. Today, the group announced the bank would be sold to Heartland Group, a New Zealand-based, ASX-listed financial services company. ...

Magellan targets $100bn in five years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... dwindled over the past year, while the Magellan share price has also fallen. At its height in 2020, it traded at near $65. Today, it trades at just over $10. Meanwhile, Magellan also confirmed it has appointed the former chief investment officer of equities ...

CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... increase. "The solar cells needed to decarbonize the world will need to be more efficient, cheaper and scalable than they are today," SunDrive co-founder and chief executive Vince Allen. "The use of silver is the common denominator and is holding back ...

Firetrail global opportunities fund hits ASX

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... business models, sustainable earnings, and sustainable positive change. "We assess a company against these attributes not today, but on our forecasting five years into the future," Miller said. "Sustainability is not simply a risk to be managed - it's ...