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Hostplus tops up mandate, returns 8% to members

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... space experienced a downturn, other non-office property sub-sectors, such as industrial property, hospitality property and medical offices, have been growth sectors and are experiencing strong rental growth. "Our exposure to these non-office property ...

Nuveen, Commonwealth Private partner to launch REIT

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2023
... will invest in North America, Asia Pacific, and Europe across sectors like built-to-rent housing and healthcare, such as medical offices and life science facilities. The underlying strategy is structured as a perpetual life, non-traded real estate investment ...

Super gender balance gap increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... average. Surgeons and anaesthetists continue to be the highest-earning jobs at $457,281 and $426,894 respectively. The medical profession broadly dominated the highest-paid occupations list as internal medicine specialists, psychiatrists and other medical ...

Advisers pivot to protect retirees from inflation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... healthcare system are linked to our social security system," he pointed out. "MRIs, ultrasounds, or all sorts of different medical tests can be substantially different out-of-pocket costs just on whether that person happens to be eligible for Social ...

US debt ceiling agreement reached

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... be subject to a Congress vote on Wednesday, McCarthy added. It includes two-year discretionary spending limits, veteran medical care, a boost in work requirements for able-bodied adults and termination of suspension of payments on student loans. President ...

Nuveen wins $190m super mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... Workplace Fund, which targets office assets based in US cities operating mainly in the healthcare and technology sectors. Medical office, life science, technology R&D and studio-production are some of the sectors Nuveen said are best positioned for demographic ...

Poor policy administration sees MLC Life pay $22m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... didn't have adequate processes in place to review and promptly update the definitions across policies where it had received medical evidence or opinion to say existing definitions were outdated and should be amended. Finally, MLC Life used a system called ...

HCF Life under ASIC surveillance

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... number of reasons. Firstly, it appears to deny coverage if a customer did not disclose a pre-existing condition and a medical practitioner forms an opinion that symptoms of the condition existed before the customer entered into the contract, even if ...

AFCA appoints lead ombudsman, investments and advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... Previously, Singh has worked both as an in-house legal counsel and for regulators including WorkSafe Victoria and the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria. He then trained and worked as a financial planner before becoming a case manager with an AFCA ...

AIA launches retail rewards program

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... insurer offers Healthier Life Reward to new customers who are non-smokers with a body mass index between 18-26 and have no medical loading. Customers must also be part of AIA Vitality to be eligible for the incentive. Eligible customers will be rewarded ...