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Profit boost for CBA, ups remediation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
Despite reporting a $1.4 billion profit boost, Commonwealth Bank's legacy financial advice business and legal troubles continue to eat away at the bottom line. In releasing its FY21 results this morning, CBA's provisional remediation bill owed ...

La Trobe unveils two income products

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
La Trobe Financial Group has launched two products in a bid to combat the low interest rate environment. The first product, the 6 Month Notice Account, with a variable rate of 2.50% p.a. calculated monthly allows investors to access their funds with ...

Westpac sells life insurance unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
Westpac has agreed to offload its life insurance business to TAL Dai-ichi Life Australia for about $900 million. Westpac is due to make a $1.3 billion post-tax loss from the sale. The cash consideration of $900 million includes ongoing payments to Westpac ...

Single disciplinary body consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
Senator Jane Hume opened consultations on the highly anticipated Better Advice Bill in a bid to iron out the details on how the Financial Services and Credit Panel will operate. This afternoon, the Morrison government asked for feedback relating to ...

Top franked stock picks: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
Morningstar has released a list of 10 franked income stocks from its Australian and New Zealand coverage which pay very attractive dividends. "The Reserve Bank of Australia's indication that its target cash rate won't increase until at least ...

Former QIC managing director joins Northleaf

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
The former managing director of business development at QIC is taking on a new role with private markets investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners. Chris O'Connor has joined Northleaf as managing director, business development for Australia and New ...

Redpoint launches equity income fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
Boutique Redpoint Investment Management has launched a fund targeting strong dividend-paying Australian companies. The Redpoint Australian Equity Income Fund aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index (Total Return) over a three to five-year ...

News Corp grows Dow Jones with acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
News Corp is expanding Dow Jones by entering into an agreement to acquire the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) from S&P Global and IHS Markit. OPIS will fold into Dow Jones' Professional Information Business (PIB) which includes Dow Jones Risk & ...

AustralianSuper appoints head of private credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
AustralianSuper wants to triple its investment in private credit to $15 billion in next three years, as it announces a new head for the asset class. The fund has promoted Nick Ward to head of private credit. He was previously a senior portfolio manager. ...

CSLR raises concern among advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has raised concerns about the cost of the government's proposed Compensation Scheme of Last Resort and the fact that super funds and managed investment schemes are excluded from the proposed regulation. ...