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FASEA urges advisers to maximise exam sittings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
With the window to complete the FASEA exam narrowing, financial advisers are being urged to maximise the number of attempts they make. In correspondence with the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP), FASEA chief executive ...

Super funds back COVID-19 preventative drug

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
Four major superannuation funds are backing a biotech company that is developing a nasal spray that claims to prevent COVID-19 and the common cold. AustralianSuper, HESTA, Hostplus and Statewide Super have joined forces with CSL, a venture capital fund ...

MLC Life Insurance raises $650 million

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
The insurer received a $650 million capital injection just before Christmas, as its majority owner Nippon Life sees the risk of MLC Life's "stagnant" business performance continuing beyond 2021. The raise includes $530 million in ordinary equity, priced ...

WTW appoints Australia segment head

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... political violence, and lenders insurance advisory. Garvey first worked at WTW in 2012 and returns after working with three major insurance brokers. He reports to Fabien Conderanne, who acts as WTW's regional head of financial solutions Asia Pacific ...

Super underperformance needs to be addressed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JAN 2021
... underperformance challenge that needs to be confronted. The Rainmaker 2020 Superannuation Benchmarking Report found that across several major asset classes, super funds struggle to match asset class indexes. Rainmaker executive director of research and ...

Challenger to buy industry-fund-owned bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... one-year term it is likely to be high quality fixed income investments), rather than through relying on Home Loans like the major banks do." He noted the annuity market, where Challenger dominates, is less than 5% of the $1 trillion term deposit market ...

ASIC slams auditors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
The corporate regulator has lambasted the major auditors for sloppy work, and poor governance and accountability practices. A sample of audits for the six months to June 2020 questions the quality and integrity of audit services. In aggregate, ASIC ...

Real AM considers listing new REIT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... purchase, saying that the quality of these acquisitions was rare. Gray said each hospital is strategically located in a major regional health hub, supported by significant government investment. "We have been actively working on this transaction for ...

Super funds boost stake in US toll roads

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
AustralianSuper and UniSuper have bolstered their investments in a major road development based on the east coast of the US. Together with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), the superannuation funds will acquire a 50% stake ...

Foreign investors face tip offs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
The government has released a new compliance campaign to crack down on foreign investors purchasing residential property and ensuring they are abiding by the guidelines. The Tip Off campaign encourages people to send information to the tax office about ...