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QIC purchases New York shopping centre

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
Giant Australian investment manager QIC has signaled further acquisitions in the US following its joint-venture purchase of Westchester's Ridge Hill retail shopping centre in New York. QIC announced the purchase of a 51% stake in the shopping centre ...

Seniors react to Commission's retirement housing idea

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) has called on the federal government to create a policy that achieves housing security for all rather than acting on recommendations calling for retirees to sell down the family home. CPSA ...

Mercer rates Aussie super B+

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
Australia may have the most adequate pension system in the world but it doesn't necessarily guarantee it being the most sustainable. Rankings for the 2015 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) were released last night and Australia has slipped ...

ASIC to be handed greater powers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The government has said it will grant the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) additional powers to effectively regulate the financial services sector. More than 10 months after the release of FSI chairman David Murray's final report ...

FSI panellist challenges ASIC register sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Murray Inquiry panellist Professor Kevin Davis has proposed an alternative model for the sale of ASIC's Business Registers. Davis, who is the research director at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, has released a discussion paper, titled Privatising ...

Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Divestment out of companies that are heavily involved in carbon intensive activities could reach $50 billion over the next five years. Fiona Reynolds, managing director of the global investor group, Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI), stated ...

AFA, FPA yet to commit to FSC life risk agenda

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Both the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) have refused to comment on whether a final consensus has been reached on the way forward for risk advice reforms. This follows the report in Financial ...

Government to invest in fintech security

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
The Government will spend $33.3 million on services to facilitate authentication in digital financial transactions, including a voice biometric, Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher announced. This follows Treasurer Joe Hockey's comments during ...

Super reforms to hurt retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
The Treasury's proposed changes to the Age Pension in the 2015 Budget were targeted at "liquid millionaires" claiming government assistance, but some industry figures say the new rules will hit the most vulnerable retirees over the long-term. According ...

Review portfolios in global bond market sell-off

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
Woes surrounding government bonds prompting wider market volatility has left stock market investors being urged to review their portfolios. The call comes from deVere Group founder and chief executive Nigel Green, who recently said stock market investors ...