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CFS technical expert moves to Australian Unity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... indicative and non-binding proposal from Starwood Capital Asia to acquire all of the issued units in AOF by way of a trust scheme. This is the fourth offer from Starwood this year, with the previous three all having been rejected by Australian Unity ...

Funds SA portfolio manager leaves, team to expand

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The $32 billion South Australian public sector fund is bidding farewell to a long-standing portfolio manager who looked after its alternatives portfolio. Clive Boyce managed Funds SA's private equity, infrastructure and opportunistic property investments ...

Australian Unity mulls fund takeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... indicative and non-binding proposal from Starwood Capital Asia to acquire all of the issued units in AOF by way of a trust scheme. Starwood is offering $2.95 cash per unit, which is a premium of 9.7% on the fund's closing price of $2.69 from October ...

ASIC outlines code monitoring expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... new Regulatory Guide 269 outlines the process and criteria ASIC will use in determining whether to approve a compliance scheme, as well as how to apply for approval. The application process will comprise three stages: registering interest with ASIC ...

Macquarie chiefs embroiled in German investigation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... successor Shemara Wikramanayake, are embroiled in a German investigation that alleges the bank was involved in a share-trading scheme. In a statement released to the ASX on Friday morning, Macquarie Group confirmed German authorities and the Munich District ...

Blue Sky refunds $4.1m overcharge

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
Blue Sky is refunding more than $4.1 million to investors for incorrectly charging fees mainly across its wholesale private real estate and private equity fund. The fees, Blue Sky said, were charged in an "inconsistent" manner to what was stated in ...

CommInsure, TAL engaged in troubling conduct: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
In closing the sixth round of the Royal Commission, counsel assisting found that CommInsure, TAL and Rest may have engaged in conduct that fell below community standards after hearing "troubling" evidence from various case studies. CommInsure and Colonial ...

New study taps into investor behavior

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
Four Melbourne-based researchers have tested a cognitive training scheme that could help investors overcome fixation with purchase prices and limit losses. Researchers from Monash University, University of Melbourne and La Trobe University conducted ...

AFCA membership deadline arrives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... obtaining their AFCA membership," ASIC said. Earlier this month ASIC gave the green light on AFCA's complaint resolution scheme, approving the rules and processed to be applied to all complaints. At the time, almost all Financial Ombudsman Scheme members ...

Retirement living advice is an opportunity: Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... transferral is only available to people aged 55 years old and over. The UK government's Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (ROPS) lists a limited number of superannuation schemes that transfer pensions to Australia. One of the popular schemes, the ...