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Fund managers nervously await 'golden visa' reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... Australia as the 8th best country of residence according to its investment program, lauding it for its reputation, quality of life, and path to citizenship. Portugal, Austria, and Greece top the index. The US, which ranked 10 th, requires just US$800,000 ...

Impact Alpha Partners adds to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... the firm's board as a non-executive director is Désirée Lucchese. Lucchese is currently a sustainability manager at MLC Life, and previously spent more than three years as head of ethics and impact at U Ethical Investors. Welcoming Lucchese, Huang ...

Mine Super cuts fees, updates investment options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... defensive option and moderate option. Both will also be offered to pension members. The defensive option has a "medium level of risk" and includes assets like cash and fixed income. It also has some growth assets like shares and property. Over a 20-year ...

IMF flags concerns over 'risky' private credit market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... private credit waters, significantly upping their share of these less-liquid assets. This includes private-equity-influenced life insurance companies," it said. The IMF said though liquidity risks may appear limited at this current stage, a growing retail ...

Legalsuper names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... recent role as general manager, strategy and CEO office at AIA Australia. In total, Knight spent about 17 years with the life insurer across two different stints in both Australia and Hong Kong. She's also previously been a solicitor with MinterEllison. ...

Tranche one of advice reforms hits parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... 13.9). This amends the Corporations Act to state that a person who provides personal advice to a retail client about a life risk insurance product, general insurance product or consumer credit insurance and receives a commission in connection with the ...

Australia's wealthiest women not getting the advice they need

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... of 5.7% per year. "They want expert advisers who understood their individual needs, including their professional demands, life stage and family obligations, as well as quality advice and easy access to their adviser," the research said. "While women ...

AvSuper prepares members for merger, fee changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... income stream members, investment options they are invested in will be mapped to similar options ART offers based on their risk-return profile. "The characteristics of the ART investment options in which you will be invested (on transfer to ART) will ...

UK advisers told to review retirement advice processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... decisions. It also found some firms do not assess customers' capacity for loss, which could result in them taking on more risk than appropriate and seeing their income reduce to levels they cannot withstand. In terms of advice suitability, the FCA said ...

Half of super funds to close in coming decade: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... to occur in 50-plus years when individuals have received the full legislated SG contribution rate for their entire working life," Dunn said. "At this point the scale of the system (assets as a proportion of GDP) will no longer grow unless there are material ...
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