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UK forewarns Australia on wholesale test changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... angel syndicates or VC funds from about 19% to just 1%. "Limiting start-up investment to only the 1% most wealthy Australians will also exacerbate wealth inequality by locking out 99% of Australians from the highest growth asset class," she wrote in ...

Funds SA chief investment officer exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
Funds SA is on the hunt for a new chief investment officer. The $43 billion asset manager confirmed Richard Friend is departing after almost eight years in the role. Friend joined Funds SA in December 2016 to lead the investment team, coming across ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... participate in what's known as build to rent and then they own these properties and then they rent them out to Australians, like we're serfs. We want to make sure the millennials and Gen Z kids can own their own house," he said. Bragg said that ...

COVID helped to reduce inequality: Productivity Commission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... found that wealth inequality fell across the pandemic period, but that it is on the rise again. "Some lower-income Australians were able to save or reduce debt due to early government support. And although house prices soared during the pandemic period ...

Cbus deputy CIO exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
The deputy chief investment officer of Cbus has left the super fund eight months after being appointed to the post. Alexandra Campbell, has resigned from her role after a total of four years with the fund, Cbus confirmed to Financial Standard. Campbell ...

Aware Super hires head of corporate development

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... industry to follow through our leading administration system which is reimagining retirement in this country for all Australians." For his part, Stevens said: "Within the Australian super landscape, Aware Super's leading and innovative digital administration ...

Liberals respond to Federal Budget

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... exploration and development in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. On housing, he recommitted to allowing Australians to access up to $50,000 of their superannuation to buy their first home and extended this policy to separated women to help ...

The rising role and risks of generative AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... survey by KPMG Australia and the University of Queensland, involving 17,000 people across 17 countries, found that Australians are among the most cautious regarding AI usage. This mistrust outweighs the perceived benefits for many, leading to a significant ...

ANZ transfers Will bank to Equity Trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... planning and trustee services. The Equity Trustees Will bank now holds the estate planning documents of more than 200,000 Australians. Many of the clients who will see their estate planning documentation transfer have existing relationships with Equity ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... Projects that provide an appropriate return for super funds and advance our nation's prosperity are a double dividend for Australians," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. Meanwhile, ASFA analysis found that paying superannuation on paid parental ...