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Preqin expands local team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
The alternatives research house has hired two on its Australian team, as it looks to expand its local data coverage. Mery Apolloni has joined as a senior research associate from S&P Global Market Intelligence and Tanzila Awrna has joined as a research ...

Insurers dodging Royal Commission reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Last week, the federal government announced exemptions for the insurance industry in relation to Royal Commission reforms. According to the Consumer Action Law Centre, these exemptions allow the insurance industry to side-step the Royal Commission recommendations ...

SelfWealth to add crypto trading

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
SelfWealth is responding to the booming interest in cryptocurrency investing by adding a crypto exchange to its platform. SelfWealth chief executive Cath Whitaker said retail investors would be able to buy and sell popular cryptocurrencies in real-time ...

AFA slams new SOA measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers has hit back at ASIC and APRA for causing "confusion" and "interfering" with financial advice as they look to introduce new changes to Statements of Advice. The association points to the regulators' joint letter ...

KLP divests Israeli-linked settlement firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
Norway's largest pension fund KLP has offloaded 16 companies that operate in banking, construction, infrastructure and telecommunications in Israel connected to occupying Palestinian territory. The pension fund announced on June 5 that following failed ...

SocietyOne launches portal, hires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
Digital finance platform SocietyOne has launched a new broker portal and made several key appointments. The new broker portal features a 'quick quote' and secured loan option, which the company said should allow brokers to find a rate for their client ...

Inheritance not expected: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
New research from the University of South Australia has revealed that the younger generation wants their parents to enjoy their retirement, and they don't feel owed an inheritance. It turns out, the younger generation are not particularly money hungry ...

Aware Super joins APG in Spanish property firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
The industry fund has committed â,¬600 million to a firm in the Spanish residential rental market, joining Dutch pension fund APG as an equal shareholder. Vivenio Residencial Socimi S.A. develops, acquires and manages residential rental properties ...

EOFY tips for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
Financial advisers should keep in mind some valuable tax breaks for their businesses as the 2021 financial year comes to a close. H&R Block director of tax communications Mark Chapman told Financial Standard temporary full expensing (TLE) is one tax ...

WAM Global to acquire LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
WAM Global Limited has entered a scheme of implementation arrangement with the discounted LIC Templeton Global Growth Fund to acquire 100% of TGG shares. WGB is already a shareholder in TGG and wants to acquire the shares it does not hold. TGG investors ...