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Value versus growth: Market expectations in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... solid footing longer than expected. This stability might persist for a while longer, though there could eventually be a point where consumer spending slows down, and the impact of infrastructure investments begins to show, albeit with long and variable ...

Active Super, Vision Super finally sign transfer deed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... signed, and, at that time, the funds said they had 170,000 member accounts and $27 billion. It was also confirmed at that point that Vision Super chief executive Stephen Rowe would be chief executive of the merged fund, with Active Super chief executive ...

Price dislocations pave way for active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
The current market is ripe for active equity fund management skills to shine given the price dislocations, and most notably in regions outside of the US, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Every time the spread widens out between the most expensive ...

Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood said she supports recent proposals around adviser education from the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) because "we need far more people with these qualifications" and the ...

Australia requires swifter settlement cycle: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Australia is at risk of getting left behind if it does not adopt the T+1 settlement cycle along with major global financial centres, according to operations experts who spoke at the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association Conference (SIAA) ...

Budget 2024: Change to foreign investment rules

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... or after 1 July 2025 to: Clarify and broaden the types of assets that foreign residents are subject to CGT on Amend the point-in-time principal asset test to a 365-day testing period Require foreign residents disposing of shares and other membership ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... women enter menopause each year in Australia. "As a direct result of menopause, around 20,000 Australian women will at some point switch from full-time to part-time work, around 10,000 will leave the workforce and return later, and around 4000 women ...

Wholesale investor test reform has several ramifications: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... financial services industry. "We've argued that changes don't need to be made to the current test thresholds. We point out the DDO regime has been an absolute game changer when it comes to the regulation of financial products, because it moves ...

Advisers urgently call on Treasury to recognise degrees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Investment and financial advisers are coming together to pressure the federal government more than ever to make the profession more sustainable by being flexible in recognising more degrees, the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA) ...

Bell Financial Group launches Tandem Securities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... he said, with many other participants lacking the necessary scale to adequately support the industry. "From a strategic point of view, we have the scale of our internal brands being Bell Direct, Desktop Broker, Bell Potter Securities. Having a B2B offering ...
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