Equity Trustees to take possession of ANZ’s will bank

From

Nearly 6,000 wills together with related estate planning documents currently held by ANZ Group will be transferred to Australia’s leading specialist trustee, Equity Trustees, for management and safekeeping. This follows... Read more continue reading

Vacancy rates increased to 1.1% – capital city asking rents rise at a slower pace of 0.5%

From

SQM Research has revealed national vacancy rates have slightly increased to 1.1% over the month of April 2024. This represents a rise from March when the national rental vacancy rate... Read more continue reading

FAAA calls for fairer CSLR scheme ahead of Federal Budget

From

Ahead of the 2024 Federal Budget, the Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) has called on the Federal Government to better manage costs across the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort... Read more continue reading

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

From

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

From

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

From

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

From

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

From

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

From

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

From

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