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Office properties here to stay: AMP Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
Speaking at the Wollongong leg of Financial Standard's Advisers Big Day Out regional roadshow, AMP Capital portfolio manager Christopher Davitt said despite pandemic pressures and the subsequent workplace trends, the outlook for office investments remains ...

Initial review of RIC strategies underway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
APRA and ASIC have already begun reviewing superannuation funds' retirement income strategies, with a view to publishing its findings later this year. In a speech to the Financial Services Council's Policy Briefing, APRA member Margaret Cole said the ...

Optimum Pensions, Generation Life launch lifetime annuity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
Optimum Pensions and Generation Life partnered to launch an investment-linked lifetime annuity. The LifeIncome products offers a lifetime annuity with 23 different investment options and has reversionary benefit and death benefits. A statement called ...

Financial product registrations up 30%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
APIR Systems reported a significant increase in the number of new financial product registrations in the financial year just gone. Product registrations rose 30.1% on the prior year, this also follows an increase of 25.8% in 2020/21. APIR chief executive ...

4D Infrastructure launches currency hedged fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
4D Infrastructure has introduced a hedged version of its flagship Global Infrastructure Fund. The 4D Global Infrastructure Fund (AUD Hedged) aims to lessen the impact of currency by hedging foreign exposure. In launching the hedged option, 4D's flagship ...

APRA to improve strategic planning, member outcomes rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
APRA is revisiting the design of its rules governing strategic planning and member outcomes in superannuation, including strengthening the way in which outcomes are assessed, closer monitoring of financial resources and new rules to follow when a MySuper ...

Sovereign wealth fund awards $700m mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has handed a $700 million mandate to a listed real estate investment manager. The mandate has been awarded to Qualitas by a wholly owned subsidiary of the fund and it's to invest in local commercial real estate ...

Zipmex files for debt relief amid ongoing crypto crash

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
Zipmex has filed moratorium applications in Singapore, preventing creditors from making claims while it attempts to fix liquidity issues. Today the crypto exchange will hold a case conference webinar open to its creditors via zoom following its announcement ...

KPMG spotlights super's biggest challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
KPMG has flagged ESG, tax governance, financial crime, adaptive investment operations and regulatory risks as some of its key considerations for the super sector in 2022. According to KPMG's latest Super Insights 2022 report, last year climate change ...

Federal Reserve delivers 0.75bp rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
The US Federal Reserve raised its policy interest rate by 0.75 basis points to 2.5% and indicated further increases will likely be appropriate. Explaining the decision, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said: "From the standpoint of our congressional ...