Global dividends grew strongly in 2022, rising 8.4 per cent to a record US$1.56 trillion ($2.31 trillion). After adjusting for the US dollar’s rise against most currencies and lower special dividends and other technical factors, underlying growth was stronger, at 13.9 per cent. Australian dividends hit $97.7 billion in 2022 – a record in Australian … Read more
The Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has appointed several prominent Australian leaders to its board of directors and investment committee, including the former deputy governor of the RBA. The three appointments bring vast experience from leadership positions in global financial services, investments, and governance roles: Mark Burgess will join the ART board as a director after … Read more
ASIC has launched its first court action against alleged greenwashing conduct, commencing civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court against Mercer Superannuation for allegedly making misleading statements about the sustainable nature and characteristics of some of its superannuation investment options. In a media release on Tuesday morning, ASIC alleged Mercer made statements on its website about … Read more
While super funds are supportive of the Quality of Advice Review recommendation to allow them more flexibility to give advice, the proposal to allow others to provide advice if the client is not paying a fee has raised the risk of the re-emergence of vertically-integrated advice models.
More super fund mergers could lead to more economies of scale, but success would depend on how well funds were able to bring their operating systems together.
Financial planning dealer group FYG Planners have launched a WealthEye CRM solution built on the Dynamics 365 platform.
This year was a terrible year for growth equity investing but the next year will be a year they can shine, as long as interest rates stabilise, according to Raj Shant, London-based managing director and equity portfolio specialist at Jennison Associates, which is a fundamental equities manager owned by PGIM.
Trustees will always be free to investment members’ money in the way they consider best, according to financial services minister Stephen Jones. However, it comes with the caveat that doing so must align with a yet-to-be agreed objective for super.
Metrics Credit Partners has appointed Kivanch Mehmet as external relations director as investors’ interest in private debt continues to rise.
Investment Trends has released its 2022 Platform Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Report, which has seen HUB24 regain top spot over Netwealth.
Co-founder and inaugural SMSF Association managing director Andrea Slattery has been the first to be awarded life membership by the association.
ClearView will take a 40 per cent strategic stake in investment technology firm Human Financial in exchange for the former’s managed investment business.
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