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Foreign investment in Australian commercial property hits record high

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... the available returns and the relative strength of the economy compared to some parts of Asia, North America and Europe." Major transactions this year involving foreign investors include the landmark $925 million sale of a 50% stake in Grosvenor Place ...

CFS extends SimCorp partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... Datacare, SimCorp's cloud-based data management service, after announcing it received a $430 million funding boost from new major shareholder KKR. The new platform provides investment analytics and helps reduce the growing business risk associated with ...

ISA releases pre-election wish list

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... are not getting all the super they are entitled to. Industry superannuation funds also want policy commitments from the major parties. These policy commitments include: a mandate that employers pay their employees super with wages; paying super with ...

Wealthy overlook digital experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Wealthy investors tend to shun technology and prefer to keep track of their assets manually, according to Praemium. The survey, conducted with Investment Trends, suggests a minority of high-net-worth investors (11%) access an online digital portal and ...

Aussies less confident about retirement age

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Australians are less optimistic about retiring at their desired age compared to their global counterparts, a new study shows. The latest Global Defined Contribution Participant Survey by MFS Investment Management of 4000 respondents found that only ...

Blackstone buys GIC's stake in logistics trust for $2.1bn

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... global head of core plus real estate Frank Cohen said the DALT deal also gives it access to densely populated areas and major transportation hubs. "The (logistics) transaction significantly increases our Asian core plus real estate exposure to the logistics ...

BT cuts super fees by $20m

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
BT Financial Group cut fees for its MySuper and Choice members, almost halving their dollar-based annual administration fee from $108 to $56. BT said more than 470,000 members will have an automatic reduction in their annual administration fee from ...

Super funds lambasted over nuclear holdings

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
New research from the Australia Institute and Quit Nukes shows most major Australian superannuation funds still have holdings in nuclear weapons. Nearly one year since the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force (January ...

ASIC sues ANZ in final civil RC case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... instances paid for," ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said. "This case is yet another example of a widespread system failure by a major bank impacting thousands of customers." ANZ said it will join ASIC in submitting to the Federal Court a proposed penalty ...

Majority of Aussie fund categories underperform: Data

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
S&P Dow Jones Indices Australia has today released its Persistence Scorecard Mid-Year 2021, revealing that the majority of Australian fund categories overall showed weak performance persistence in top-performing funds across three- and five-year periods. ...