Senate crossbench action urged in wake of disappointing committee outcome on tax proposal

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The SMSF Association is bitterly disappointed that the Senate Economics Legislation Committee has recommended that the Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions Bill be passed without amendment. Commenting on the release of... Read more continue reading

Plato Management announces multiple research ratings upgrades

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Two Plato Investment Management (Plato) strategies have received ratings upgrades by Lonsec. The Plato Global Alpha Fund has been upgraded to ‘Recommended’ by the leading research house. The Plato Global... Read more continue reading

BlackRock appoints Will Thomson to its expanding Climate Infrastructure team  in New Zealand

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BlackRock has appointed Will Thomson as Managing Director, a Portfolio Manager in the Climate Infrastructure team in New Zealand, effective July 2024. This follows BlackRock’s announcement to launch a New... Read more continue reading

Unauthorised access to Iress code repository

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Iress advises that on Saturday 11 May 2024 it detected and contained an unauthorised accessing of Iress’ user space on GitHub, a third-party code repository platform which manages software code... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 10 May, 2024

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Investment markets and key developments Global shares rose again over the last week, helped by ongoing confidence that major central banks are on track to cut rates this year and... Read more continue reading

CSLR costs spiralling out of control: FAAA

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Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) CEO, Sarah Abood, has today called on Minister Stephen Jones to take action on the drastically escalating costs of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort... Read more continue reading

Australian Unity Childcare Property Fund receives Recommended rating by Lonsec

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The Australian Unity Childcare Property Fund (“Fund”) has received a Recommended rating by research house Lonsec following its inaugural product review of the Fund. Lonsec’s Recommended rating indicates Lonsec has... Read more continue reading

The Inside Network shakes up wealth industry, forges inaugural partnership with Future Proof

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Wealth management publications and events firm The Inside Network is pleased to announce it has partnered with Future Proof as the inaugural Australian partner for the growing US-based wealth management event. With a shared... Read more continue reading

Super for a house could cost taxpayers $1 trillion

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New modelling shows a push for young Australians to raid all their super for a house deposit could cost taxpayers a cumulative $1 trillion[1]. And a policy to encourage super... Read more continue reading

Iress and Ensombl partner to boost adviser tech knowledge

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Iress has announced a new partnership with Ensombl aimed at strengthening support for its community of advisers and paraplanners. The partnership reaffirms Iress’ commitment to helping Australian financial advice professionals... Read more continue reading