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AIA sells super, investments business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
AIA is offloading its $8 billion superannuation and investments business to Resolution Life. In an announcement today, AIA said the sale will allow the insurer to focus on its core business of life and health insurance and wellbeing services. AIA came ...

HESTA endorses super splitting initiative

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
HESTA is recommending super funds adopt a new process to make the splitting of assets easier following the results of a successful pilot program. HESTA is the first Australian super fund to adopt the Simpler Super Splitting initiative, which uses a ...

BT unveils new brand campaign

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
BT has launched its first brand campaign in over two years, labelled 'the Insightful Experts'. The Insightful Experts campaign is set to launch across print, online and social media, as well as through a partnership with the Nine network. It promotes ...

Clients want more communication from advisers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
Clients want to hear better communication from financial advisers and more regularly, new research of independent financial advisers reveals. The analysis of 230 IFAs by Business Health in its annual Future Ready report found that only 27% of advice ...

Charter Hall snags another Bunnings

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
Charter Hall Group has acquired its 66 th Bunnings warehouse, located in South Nowra. The property was purchased by the fund manager for $65.3 million, with an attractive net lease of 12 years and an initial passing yield of 4.0%. With a prominent 240 ...

Netwealth tops platform ratings

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
Investment Trends has launched its 2021 Platform Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Report, with Netwealth receiving a near perfect score - just inching out HUB24. Assessed across more than 500 different criteria, Netwealth took the top spot in overall ...

AGL rejects Cannon-Brookes, Brookfield bid

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
ASX listed energy company AGL has rejected a bid from Atlassian founder Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield to take over the company. Brookfield and Cannon-Brookes' family office Grok Ventures partnered on the offer, offering AGL $7.50 per share. The ...

CSLR will not fully protect investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
With the proposed Compensation Scheme of Last Resort regime closer to passing, there are fears it will fall short of protecting consumers. The Senate Economics Legislation Committee released a summary of the proposed bill, with input from industry stakeholders ...

Vision Super adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
Vision Super welcomed a new member of the board whose experience spans the private and public sectors. The industry super fund appointed Vijaya (VJ) Vaidyanath to its board on January 1. Vaidyanath is the former chief executive of the City of Yarra ...

Assets under custody hit $4.7tn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA), the peak industry body for custodians and asset service providers in Australia today released industry data showing assets under custody increased by 5.8%to a new record of $4.7 trillion in the six ...