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What is a Wholesale Client?
A person or entity is a “wholesale client” if they satisfy the requirements of section 761G of the Corporations Act.
This commonly includes a person or entity:

  • who holds an Australian Financial Services License

  • who has or controls at least $10 million (and may include funds held by an associate or under a trust that the person manages)

  • that is a body regulated by APRA other than a trustee of:
    (i) a superannuation fund;
    (ii) an approved deposit fund;
    (iii) a pooled superannuation trust; or
    (iv) a public sector superannuation scheme.
    within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993

  • that is a body registered under the Financial Corporations Act 1974.

  • that is a trustee of:
    (i) a superannuation fund; or
    (ii) an approved deposit fund; or
    (iii) a pooled superannuation trust; or
    (iv) a public sector superannuation scheme
    within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 and the fund, trust or scheme has net assets of at least $10 million.

  • that is a listed entity or a related body corporate of a listed entity

  • that is an exempt public authority

  • that is a body corporate, or an unincorporated body, that:
    (i) carries on a business of investment in financial products, interests in land or other investments; and
    (ii) for those purposes, invests funds received (directly or indirectly) following an offer or invitation to the public, within the meaning of section 82 of the Corporations Act 2001, the terms of which provided for the funds subscribed to be invested for those purposes.

  • that is a foreign entity which, if established or incorporated in Australia, would be covered by one of the preceding paragraphs.


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Sustainable Investing

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight goals to improve human society launched by the United Nations in 2000. They were mainly aimed at helping the world’s poorest people, led by the starvation that was seen in many developing countries. They were succeeded by the Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) launched in 2015.


8 goals

The eight Millennium Development Goals were:

  1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger;

  2. Achieve universal primary education;

  3. Promote gender equality and empower women;

  4. Reduce child mortality;

  5. Improve maternal health;

  6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases;

  7. Ensure environmental sustainability

  8. Develop a global partnership for development.


Creating returns that benefit the world we live in

During their 15-year reign, major progress was seen as countries sought to meet the MDGs. Between 1990 and 2015, more than 1 billion people were lifted out of poverty and 1.9 billion people gained access to piped drinking water and improved sanitation. The child mortality rate was cut from 90 kids out of 1,000 live births dying before their fifth birthday in 1990 to 43 per 1,000 in 2015.

These surviving children are also more likely to go to school. Around the world, the number of unschooled children has fallen from 100 million in 2000 to an estimated 57 million in 2015. Adding to that, adult health improved; for example, new HIV infections fell by 40%: from 3.5 million cases in 2000 to 2.1 million in 2013.

Despite this progress, the UN acknowledged that major sustainable development challenges remained pervasive. So, having taught the world that setting goals is an effective way to mobilize action and accelerate progress, the MDGs were replaced by the wider ranging and more inclusive SDGs.

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