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Aura hires executive from Challenger

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... is four years old and has delivered 8.14% p.a. in the last 12 months and 43.57% p.a. since inception. The fund invests in short- to medium-term first mortgage loan investments secured against Australian real property and requires a minimum investment ...

AMP Bank boss exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
The managing director of AMP Bank has left after a little over one year in the role. Rod Finch, who was appointed to the post in November 2019 shortly after AMP chief Francesco De Ferrari stepped in, has accepted a role as transformation director at ...

Jobs return to pre-pandemic levels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Payroll jobs had recovered to pre-COVID levels by early December 2020, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of labour statistics Bjorn Jarvis said early to mid-December is a seasonal peak for jobs each ...

Group insurance using shoddy data: Rice Warner

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... notoriously difficult to rectify, according to Rice Warner. Superannuation funds and their life insurance partners are falling short of improving data collection, management and analyses, the consulting firm said, resulting in missing or conflicting ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second state of emergency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... monitor the impact of COVID-19 and will not hesitate to take additional easing measures if necessary, and also it expects short- and long-term policy interest rates to remain at their present or lower levels".

Former Trump aide launches crypto fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, is the custodian of the fund, while Ernst & Young act as the auditor. Scaramucci had a short stint as the White House communications director when he became part or Trump's 16-person presidential transition team ...

HESTA hikes group insurance premiums again

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
For the second time in a year, the $52 billion superannuation fund is increasing the total cost of its standard group insurance cover for members. HESTA's standard insurance cover -- which eligible members automatically receive upon signing up unless ...

The barriers to limited advice: Licensees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... ongoing costs involved with being an adviser and the amount of time that goes into delivering limited advice. "It is not a short space of time for an adviser to collect all the data, analyse it, investigate a range of other strategies, formulate the ...

Class action launched against OnePath

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JAN 2021
Slater and Gordon have filed a class action against ANZ and its former subsidiaries OnePath Custodians and OnePath Life as part of its #GetYourSuperBack campaign. Filed in the Federal Court in December 2020, this makes the fifth class action launched ...

Challenger to buy industry-fund-owned bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... morning said the opportunity could be material for Challenger and bigger than what the guidance this morning suggest. "In short, CGF is set to offer term deposits under the same economics and asset and liability structure as its current term annuities," ...