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Lumiant raises capital, adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
Fintech Lumiant is seeking more funding as it adds the expertise of two financial advice executives to its board. Jeff Hall will join the Lumiant board as a director after finishing up as chief operating officer of Midwinter in April. Hall's new role ...

Soul Patts to acquire LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
Washington H Soul Pattinson will pay about $4 billion for a scrip merger with LIC Milton Corporation, as it chases liquidity for new acquisitions and better index participation. Milton Corporation (MLT) is an Aussie equities listed investment company ...

Aware Super, MIRA acquisition progresses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
The Foreign Investments Review Board (FIRB) has approved the $4.6 billion acquisition of Vocus by a consortium made up of Aware Super and Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA). The consortium's bid values Vocus at $5.50 per share, which is ...

ASIC takes on NAB for fee-for-no service breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
The corporate regulator is fighting tooth and nail to make National Australia Bank pay a hefty penalty for charging customers fees in return for no service. In the Federal Court this morning, ASIC representative Christopher Archibald QC recalled the ...

Verve Super launches gender diversity index

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
Verve Super has launched a gender diversity index and will subsequently change how it allocates members' funds based on how Australian companies perform against the index. The Verve Gender Equality Index selects public Australian companies that ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
"It's raining men! Hallelujah! It's raining men!" -The Weather Girls Australian 'men' (and women) at work' that is. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS): "Employment increased by 115,000 people in May, following the 31,000 ...

More super tax concessions on table

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
The Treasury Laws Amendment (More Flexible Superannuation) Bill was debated in the Senate today, with an amendment suggested by Senator Pauline Hanson. Hanson and her One Nation colleagues circulated an amendment that would see people over the age of ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
Only 19% of ASX200 boards have primary accountability for preventing and responding to sexual harassment but it remains unclear who in the company holds accountability, new research shows. The report, Equality across the board: Investing in workplaces ...

HESTA managers improve on gender diversity

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
According to HESTA, diversity at its external managers shows women's representation improved in the last two years but remains a long way from parity. HESTA surveyed 70 of its external managers in December 2017 and then again in December 2019 before ...

Licensee to acquire Sentry Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
An ASX-listed financial services firm will acquire Sentry Group for $7 million and add 155 authorised representatives to its books. WT Financial Group (WTL) announced today that upon completing the takeover, it will have some 275 financial advisers ...