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ASIC worried about finfluencers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
ASIC is concerned that Australians are turning to financial influencers for advice because professional financial advice is too expensive. New ASIC chair Joe Longo spoke at the Association of Financial Advisers' annual national conference. Longo said ...

BOQ bolsters executive team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
Bank of Queensland has appointed a chief risk officer from IAG and promoted from within for group executive business banking. David Watts will commence as chief risk officer in 2022. He previously spent over three years at IAG as chief risk officer ...

AustralianSuper ups stake in WestConnex

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
The $233 billion superannuation fund's stake in WestConnex rose to 20.5% after the consortium it's a part of took full ownership of the motorway. The Sydney Transport Partners (STP) consortium purchased the remaining 49% interest or $11.1 billion ...

Common ownership concerns redundant: AustralianSuper

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
The $225 billion industry fund's outgoing chief executive Ian Silk is adamant the fund will never engage actively in common ownership, while also hinting at plans to bring more investing in-house. Appearing at a Standing Committee on Economics hearing ...

Super funds to front committee hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
Aware Super, AustralianSuper and Hostplus are set to appear before the Standing Committee on Economics' inquiry into common ownership on Monday. Several super funds and IFM Investors will face the inquiry on Monday, with the government saying it ...

Former super fund chief defends tenure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... that our existing members could stay with EISS even if they changed vocation and opened up access to the fund to all Australians, providing greater scope for growth." As part of this transformation strategy, the fund sponsored several community organisations ...

AustralianSuper says no incidents of common ownership

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
The industry fund says it analysed its $53 billion Australian equities portfolio and found no instances of common ownership. Common ownership of listed companies is currently the subject of a parliamentary inquiry led by MP Tim Wilson, who has said ...

Older investors, women flock to crypto

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
Young males no longer make up the majority of cryptocurrency investors, with older Australians and women investing large amounts, according to BTC Markets. BTC Markets' Investor Report FY20-21 showed almost one in four crypto investors are over the ...

One in four Aussies have no super account

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
A new survey conducted by Finder has revealed that one in four Australians do not have a superannuation account. Finder surveyed 1004 Australians, finding that 24% - approximately 4.6 million people - have no super account. The research found that of ...

IFM Investors' Sydney Airport dream still alive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
The consortium of investors, led by IFM, bidding for Sydney Airport has had its first win. After a series of rejected bids, Sydney Airport announced to the ASX that it is considering the consortium's (Sydney Aviation Alliance) latest bid of $8.75 cash ...