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AMP Capital ups jail stake

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
AMP Capital has taken a majority stake in a New Zealand corrections centre, boosting the firm's social infrastructure holdings. The Auckland South Corrections Facility (ASCF) is now 70% owned by AMP Capital, after it acquired a further 30% of the facility ...

Kiwi investment firm nabs Aussie talent

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
A New Zealand-based investment and advisory group with a strategically alliance with Credit Suisse has nabbed four Aussie senior investment bankers as it moves into the Australian market. Jarden Capital has locked down three UBS senior bankers and one ...

COVID-19 creates case for robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
After ASIC issued a stark warning to people using retail broking services to try their hand at day trading, robo-advice services and financial advisers say this is why financial support needs to be accessible. ASIC observed an average of 4675 new identifiers ...

Advice, but not as you know it

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
While it is probably too soon to know the full impact the COVID-19 crisis will have on the future of advice, it is fair to say it may not look the same when all's said and done. Speaking to Financial Standard chief executive of JANA, Jim Lamborn, said ...

Almost $1bn wiped off risk market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... Actuaries, risk insurance inflows fell from $16.5 billion to $15.7 billion. However, some insurers did manage to buck the trend. TAL enjoyed inflows of 18.8%, while ClearView had the next strongest inflows in the market at 8.3%. MetLife also had positive ...

Super switching three times higher: CFS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
New data from Colonial First State (CFS) found switches by super members were three times the usual rate in March as Australians moved their super to cash in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data found 39% of those that switched their super moved ...

New course helps advisers recognise financial abuse

JULIA NEWBOULD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
Financial advisers will soon have access to a tool which will make it easier to recognise some of the tell-tale signs of financial abuse, which may be affecting their clients. The Financial Abuse Specialist certification course is a program designed ...

Sargon buyers tap former PEXA chief as adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
PEXA's founding chief executive is understood to be advising Teddy Wasserman, as he readies a new group structure for Sargon's operating businesses. Marcus Price was the chief executive of Property Exchange Australia from 2010 to October last ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Junk bonds, despite the unfortunate name, aren't the trash of the investment world, although in the current uncertain environment they sure could be. These credit products are issued by governments and companies, and offer higher rates of return ...

Now is the time to step up: FEW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
At a time when most are concerned about making career moves, those on the path to leadership are being told now's the perfect time to put themselves out there. That's according to Financial Executive Women executive director Alex Tullio, saying there ...