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ClearView offloads advice unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... will give ClearView a 25% shareholding in Centrepoint. ClearView will be able to appoint one director to the Centrepoint board upon completion, which is anticipated occur around October 31. The purchase will be financed by the issue $12 million in escrowed ...

AFMA names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... Harper takes over from David Lynch, who is retiring from AFMA after 25 years of service. He has been chief since 2012. AFMA board chair Robert Bedwell said Harper brings a vast amount of experience in wholesale markets with a focus on risk management ...

Pandemic stokes investor appetite

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... Overall, Calastone found a marked increase in investment appetite and activity, as a direct result of COVID-19, across the board. Identifying the factors influencing this, Calastone said that a good deal of the shift in investor behaviour reflects a ...

Cost of retirement increases

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... higher than the underlying rate of inflation for the CPI of around 1.5% over the year to June. "Small price rises across the board can add up to have a big impact on the average retiree budget. The cost of retirement is now 2 to 3% more expensive, on ...

FPA appoints FPEC chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... founding committee member of FPEC. Olynyk also co-authored one of Australia's leading textbooks in financial planning. "The FPA board is delighted to work with Marc as he brings significant experience within both academia and industry in the areas of ...

Walsh Capital signs four fund managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... Infra-Energy Fund and Sustainable Energy Portfolio, and a soon-to-launched private equity manager. All four managers have come on board for three years each. Walsh set up her firm in July, after leaving the Future Generation LICs in April. She spent ...

ASX 200 doubles down on net zero

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
Nearly half of the market capitalisation of the ASX 200 have made net zero commitments for 2050 or earlier, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI's latest report, Promises, Pathways and Performance, showed 49 companies ...

Bragg renews calls for Future Fund to manage super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... As a solution, it proposes every standard default superannuation to be held by a single fund overseen by an independent board of trustees, with the capacity for Future Fund Management Agency to manage the assets and for worked to opt-out if they wish. ...

Perpetual LIC turns around performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... FY21 to 5.6 cents per share fully franked. Net tangible assets after tax per share were recorded at $1.299 at June 30. "The board is delighted with the strong results the company has delivered in FY21, including a record profit, solid portfolio outperformance ...

Super unit boosts Equity Trustees performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... Schwartz said good governance was at the core of Equity Trustees' operations. She thanked former chair Jeff Kennett and board members Alice Williams, Jim Minto and Kelly O'Dwyer for their contributions. "It is particularly pleasing that during a tumultuous ...