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TAL launches new look Accelerated Protection range

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... insurance and critical illness. TAL added that there is now greater up-front affordability across all products, with the 5% Health Sense Plus more readily accessible as the BMI requirement has been removed. "We regularly review our propositions to ensure ...

Centuria wins $500m mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
Centuria Capital has secured a $500 million mandate from a mystery US private investment firm to invest in industrials. The mandate, dubbed the 'Last Mile Logistics Partnership (LMLP), aims to acquire assets within supply-constrained infill industrial ...

Spaceship launches US investing service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
Spaceship users now invest as little as $10 in a range of US-listed ETFs and stocks. Launched yesterday, Spaceship's new US investing service is available to Spaceship Voyager customers for just $2 extra a month, who can execute unlimited trades with ...

How to warm up for a 50-degree day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... chains. The farmer is telling the story about the impact on fresh fruit and veg and how heat is impacting livestock. The health worker is demonstrating what the science tells us - every degree of temperature increase has an increase in mortality and ...

Ageing population measures needs rethink: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... approach would be to consider the actual labour force, rather than the potential labour force," Knox suggested. Further, health-adjusted life expectancy will only continue for decades to come. "Simply put - the use of age 65 is no longer relevant. We ...

Norway's sovereign wealth fund returns 10%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
Norway's $1.4 trillion Government Pension Fund Global returned 10% in the first half, equivalent to $343 billion. Norges Bank Investment Management reported a $13.7% return on equity investments for the first half of 2023, while fixed income yielded ...

Barwon snaps up $124m of healthcare assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... billion. The Barwon Institutional Healthcare Property Fund (BIHPF) acquired the Mons Road Medical Centre in the Westmead health precinct for $38 million. The Medical Centre encompasses 2898 square meters of net lettable area and features 60 car parks. ...

Fitch downgrades US credit rating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
Fitch has downgraded the US's credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing fiscal deterioration, a growing government debt burden, and an erosion of governance that has manifested in repeated debt limit standoffs. "Over the next decade, higher interest rates ...

Aware Super, Challenger partner for DB solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... said. "It is a win for all our stakeholders: for the defined benefit pension members - primarily from the Victorian public health sector - who will have confidence in their retirement income and the Victorian state government and more than 100 employers ...

Insignia offloads investment bonds unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
... than $3.2 billion". "People use investment bonds to prepare for a variety of key life events, such as education, housing, health and aged care, and estate planning and we look forward to working with Insignia to ensure a smooth transition for IOOF policyholders," ...