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Financial crime taskforce puts two behind bars

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Attorney-General's Department, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, Australian Securities and Investments Commission and Australian Border Force.

Property fund makes $143m bid to internalise management

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
The Aventus Retail Property Fund has floated a proposal to pay $143 million for its management functions to be internalised. The fund is currently managed by an external entity, and directors and its responsible entity see immediate benefits to earnings ...

First on the block: CBA to develop blockchain bond

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... in Washington and Sydney, respectively. The platform was designed and developed by the CBA innovation lab's blockchain centre of excellence. CBA international executive general manager of institutional banking and markets James Wall said the bank took ...

Farmers should urgently access super: Advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
Financial planners can help embattled farmers in drought stricken areas to urgently access their superannuation by lobbying the Federal Government for changes to super hardship policy. Certified Financial Planners Julie Matheson and Peter Roan are proposing ...

Vicinity Centres partners for $1bn wholesale property fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
The property giant is launching a new wholesale fund in a 50:50 joint venture with a Singapore-based asset manager. Vicinity Centres will take $1 billion worth of shopping centres off its balance sheets and use them to seed a new wholesale fund in the ...

Digital advice, fintech firms merge

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
A B2B digital advice firm co-founded by a former Vanguard Australia executive has merged with a retiree advice platform founded by a former Challenger distribution head. In a deal finalised this morning, SuperEd merged with Retirement Essentials. SuperEd ...

Mis-selling super a win for consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... $2.5 million in penalties paid by CBA and ANZ for the mis-selling of super products. The Superannuation Consumers' Centre will receive $1.25 million from each of the institutions under the requirements of the Enforceable Undertakings they recently ...

Adviser Ratings to predict licensees' quality of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... interests of their customers," Hoven said. Adviser Ratings has partnered with the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC), supported by the Government of Australia through the Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program and the Office of Science ...

Leading philanthropic couple honoured

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... fairness and equality." Other award winners were: Best Small Grant of the Year Award: The Snow Foundation and Women's Centre for Health Matters for the Assistance Beyond Crisis Credit Loans Initiative Gender-wise Philanthropy Award: The WeirAnderson ...

Centrepoint Alliance bolsters distribution team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
The former head of advice partnerships and membership at the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has linked with Centrepoint Alliance. Jason Tattershall has been appointed as the second growth manager at the advice services group, taking ...