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ASIC clamps down on advisers, trustees cold calling

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... platform super products offered by APRA-regulated funds or a self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). The cold calling business receives payments in return. "Many of these models fail to consider insurance policies held through the client's existing ...

Fund managers nervously await 'golden visa' reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... that launched the visa application, yet they are simply sitting there unresolved," he said. SIVs (188C) are part of the Business Innovation and Investment Program (BIIP), which comprises three other visa streams: business innovation (188A), investor ...

Government introduces company merger overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... are significant and will reinforce public confidence in Australia's competition laws," Cass-Gottlieb said. The Business Council of Australia (BCA) praised the proposed reforms to company mergers as it strikes a balance between economic and regulatory ...

Foreign investors optimistic about Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Foreign investors are feeling particularly optimistic about Australia, according to Kearney's Global Business Policy Council's 2024 Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index (FDICI). The survey, which reflects investor sentiment regarding foreign direct ...

Macquarie executive to become chief product officer at BT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... Annabelle Kline will take over as BT's chief product officer in May. She will be responsible for leading the platforms business, comprising BT Panorama which houses over $110 billion in funds under management on behalf of 243,000 customers. Kline replaces ...

Aware Super chair named governor-general

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... woman to hold the position, when she is sworn in on 1 July 2024. Mostyn has had an extensive career in the Australian business community, including being the current chair of Aware Super and Alberts Music Group as well as sitting on the board of Mirvac. ...

MetLife enhances employee benefits package

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... us create a more inclusive workplace while also retaining and attracting the best people who will help us achieve our business goals."

Australian private capital industry surges 33%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... the past 18 months, with assets under management (AUM) now reaching $139 billion. Preqin and the Australian Investment Council released the 2024 Australian Private Capital Market Yearbook which tracks activity in the private capital industry. The report ...

Calls for fresh 5% hike to minimum wage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... hourly rate to $24.39 and the minimum annual full-time rate by $2295 to take it to $48,200. The ACTU submission argued business can afford this "fair and sensible increase", especially as profits are well above pre-pandemic levels. It would also have ...

Government promises transparent financial services regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... this burden and maintain critical investments in customer-focused initiatives," he said. COBA and the Finance Industry Council of Australia collaborated with the government to introduce the reform. Lawrence pointed out that the small size of some customer-owned ...
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