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VFMC chair to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
The chair of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation will retire at the end of the month, with an interim replacement appointed. James MacKenzie has served as chair of VFMC since June 2015 but will retire from the board on August 23. During his tenure ...

NGS ahead of schedule on net zero strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
NGS Super is making faster-than-expected progress towards its goal of achieving a carbon neutral portfolio by 2030. Measurement of carbon intensity in the NGS Diversified MySuper portfolio fell by nearly 20% between 30 June 2021 and 30 June 2022, around ...

Advisers lacking PII sidestep AFCA rulings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
Financial advice firms are "problematically" sidestepping compensation payments after the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) hands down a decision, using the excuse that they do not have professional indemnity insurance (PII). Out of 5400 ...

Bravura names chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
Bravura Solutions has appointed interim chief executive Andrew Russell to the top job permanently following the quick departure of Libby Roy. Russell will take on the dual role of chief executive and managing director, succeeding Roy who vacated the ...

Perpetual reports $212bn in AUM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
In a Q4 2023 business update, Perpetual reported assets under management (AUM) of $212.1 billion, a 0.8% increase on the prior quarter. Perpetual credited positive markets and strong investment performance for contributing to an uplift of $4.5 billion ...

ASIC acts against illegal investment scheme operator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
ASIC is suing the operator of several unregistered managed investment schemes that, among other investors, targeted SMSF members. Sasha Hopkins, director of The A Team Property Group, is facing civil action for alleged unlicensed conduct and running ...

Retail super funds plan to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
Centric Super is set to merge with encircle Super following the latter's trustee, Avanteos Investments, announcing the fund's closure. In a parallel development, Colonial First State Investments is also stepping down as the operator of encircle's managed ...

Inflation falls to 6%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has softened to 6%, however a further rate hike in August is not off the table. The Australian Bureaus of Statistics (ABS) said headline inflation was lower than the 7% annual rise in March, marking the second consecutive ...

Aware Super, Challenger partner for DB solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
Challenger will provide Aware Super with a $619 million group lifetime annuity policy to de-risk some of its lifetime pension liabilities. Challenger was selected by the fund, saying it is well placed to meet the needs of Aware Super's defined benefit ...

KKR real estate arm reports $30m loss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc (KREF) has recorded a $29.7 million (US$20 million) loss in its second quarter ending June 30. KKR & Co. said its integrated real estate platform saw a loss of $0.37 per diluted share. When adjusted for non-recurring ...