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Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... the amount of money they have saved. Many Australians (66%) are forced into retirement due to their own or partner's health. Redundancy and no longer feeling welcome in the workplace are also factors that contribute to unplanned retirement. Fewer ...

UniSuper selects new group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
After more than a decade in business, UniSuper has dropped TAL as its group insurer. The $135 billion superannuation fund has called time on its relationship with TAL, which began in November 2013. Effective June 1, MetLife will serve as group insurer ...

State supports move to close super loophole exploited by paedophiles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... can receive appropriate compensation. "The horrendous scourge of child sexual abuse impacts the quality of life and the health of survivors in both the long term and short term, and the lack of avenues for compensation for some of these victims is something ...

MLC Private Equity launches insto fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
A new private equity fund launched by MLC Private Equity has raised US$762 million ($1.2bn). The fund, MLC Private Equity Partners, invests in global middle-market private equity opportunities and co-investments in sectors such as healthcare, technology ...

Income inequality elevated, spikes: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
Income inequality is too high and continues to balloon in 60% of low- and middle-income countries studied by Oxfam International, tipping the Gini coefficient well above acceptable levels. Oxfam found that income inequality is rampant among 64 out of ...

Centuria shakes up senior investments team

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
Centuria Capital has made several senior appointments, including a head of funds management and a newly created chief investment officer position. Andrew Essey is the new chief investment officer. Essey joined Centuria in early 2013 as national leasing ...

Regal shutters East Point AM

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
One year since post-acquisition, Regal Partners has shuttered East Point Asset Management (EPAM) following a period of "challenging performance" and the exit of a seed investor. Regal acquired the Hong Kong-based alternative fund manager last year. ...

A quarter of advised Australians nervous about retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
Physical health and financial security are the primary factors influencing how content Australians in or near retirement are, according to a new report. Challenger's inaugural Retirement Happiness Index, in collaboration with independent research house ...

Aware Super chair named governor-general

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... the Australian Council for International Development and president of Chief Executive Women as well as a National Mental Health Commissioner. She also led the government's Women's Economic Equality Taskforce. Aware Super chief executive Deanne ...

Investment managers embracing AI: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
According to a report by Mercer, nine out of 10 investment managers are either using or planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) in their investment strategies or asset class research. The report flagged that the question is no longer if but how ...
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