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ART names advice and education leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... second-largest superannuation fund, and Evan Poole has been appointed head of practice management. Cordero previously headed up government and stakeholder relations within ART's commercial division. Here, he managed ART's single largest customer ...

Global X launches new gold ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... believes gold prices are well supported. Statistically, the best two predictors of the gold price are real yields on US government debt and the strength of the US dollar. With markets forecasting these to possibly fall late in 2024 or early in 2025 ...

Treasury shakes up foreign investing framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... the nation a more attractive place to invest, and at the same time boost economic prosperity and productivity. The government will implement a more robust and efficient framework to scrutinise complicated or higher-risk proposals and dedicate more resources ...

Crescent Wealth to merge into Russell Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
Crescent Wealth Superannuation will shut down next month; its members will be moved to the new 'Salaam' division of Russell Investments Master Trust. Following a review by Equity Trustees, the trustee for Crescent Wealth's super fund, an ...

Institutional investors eye increased exposure to Vietnam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... will pave the way for billions of pounds to pour into Vietnam's capital markets." Dragon Capital noted the Vietnamese government's 2030 Stock Market Development Strategy, approved in 2023, targets a market capitalisation of 120% of GDP, doubling the ...

Fund managers nervously await 'golden visa' reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
Fund managers that rely on "golden visas" to attract rich investors are waiting with bated breath as the government overhauls Australia's "broken" migration system. Recently, Home Affairs minister Clare O'Neill froze the ability of fund managers' ...

FSC expands financial advice membership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... he looks forward to contributing to a strong, unified industry voice that ensures reform remains a priority for the government. The FSC also appointed Australian Unity chief executive for wealth and capital markets Esther Kerr and J.P. Morgan Asset Management ...

Proposed super tax obfuscates legacy pensions rules: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... make the valuation of pension reserves and allocations to members a whole lot more complex and we are calling on the Government to adopt a wholistic approach in managing reserves, that avoids non sensical tax stacking," he said. "An amnesty will help ...

Actuaries Institute proposes new performance test measure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... platform products, up from the current $50,000, as member balances grow. Additionally, the Institute called on the government to consider a greater role for trustees and the APRA in how areas of choice option underperformance are understood and rectified. ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
Almost 90% of surveyed auditors do not support the government's requirements to implement mandatory climate reporting and assurance on private companies, not-for-profits and companies limited by guarantee, according to a new survey. The survey was conducted ...
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