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Fund managers nervously await 'golden visa' reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... managers' Significant Investor Visa-compliant (SIV) products, which require a minimum investment of $5 million and essentially fast track residency in Australia, to attract potential investors. The Financial Services Council estimates that SIVs have ...

Proposed super tax obfuscates legacy pensions rules: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... to administer. With Division 296 tax looming, costs are tipped to increase. Consequently, the SMSFA is urging Treasury to fast track the legacy pension amnesty as first announced in the 2021 budget in this year's budget. "There is a window of opportunity ...

Top 10% of households home to 15 times more wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
The average household wealth of Australia's richest 10% increased by 84% in the past 20 years, while that of the lowest 60% increased significantly less. A new report from ACOSS and UNSW Sydney's Poverty and Inequality Partnership - titled Inequality ...

Perennial launches new investment fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... sourced from Perennial's pipeline of private company deal flow. The new fund will consist of 15 to 25 positions in domestic, fast-growing, founder-led private business that wish to "stay private for longer" before an IPO, trade sale or secondary selldown. ...

Income inequality elevated, spikes: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
Income inequality is too high and continues to balloon in 60% of low- and middle-income countries studied by Oxfam International, tipping the Gini coefficient well above acceptable levels. Oxfam found that income inequality is rampant among 64 out of ...

The Aussie wealthtech firms that are 'most innovative'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
... institutions around the world to close the advice gap, enabling them to deliver advice to many more of their customers in a fast, scalable, low cost, compliant manner," Baker said. "Our UK and European clients are already experiencing the benefits of ...

Life insurers struggle with code compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Life insurers continue to breach their own compliance code with more than 12,000 instances recorded, yet the body overseeing their conduct fears this is likely under-reported. The Life Code Compliance Committee (LCCC) saw another increase in the number ...

Morningstar warns of stretched valuations in Australian equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
The Australian equity market is slightly overvalued following a strong rally, according to Morningstar's Q2 2024 outlook. The S&P/ASX 200 benchmark has climbed about 15% from its October 2023 lows to hover around 7800, signalling what Morningstar called ...

IMF flags concerns over 'risky' private credit market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... from private credit appear to be limited. However, given that this ecosystem is opaque and highly interconnected, and if fast growth continues with limited oversight, existing vulnerabilities could become a systemic risk for the broader financial system." ...

GSFM partners with Eastspring to deliver new EM offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
GSFM has partnered with Eastspring Investments to distribute its Global Emerging Markets (GEM) Dynamic Strategy in the Australian market and will be available to institutional, wholesale and family office investors. GSFM chief executive Damien McIntyre ...
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