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German fintech goes bust, $2.9bn gone

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... also causes the company to question the previous assumptions regarding the reliability of the trustee relationships." The board said it assessed previous descriptions of the so called Third Party Acquiring business by the company are not correct. "The ...

Property investors should diversify: FSI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... and residential property actually demonstrating significant resilience. "The impacts haven't been felt evenly across the board, and some real estate sectors are faring much better than others," Hayes said. "Residential, industrial and office stand out ...

New requirements for SMSFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... come into effect 1 July 2021. New accounting standard AASB 2020-2 has been released by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and will come into effect from 1 July 2021. The ATO said it will change the reporting requirements of certain for-profit ...

AMP Life sale nears completion, new execs appointed

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... be governed and managed by a new locally-incorporated insurer Resolution Life New Zealand (RLNZ) as the trustee. RLNZ's board will include majority of NZ resident independent directors. AMP Life will also form a sub-committee (including RLNZ independent ...

Super fund names chief risk officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
An $85 billion industry superannuation fund has named a new chief risk officer. UniSuper, the fund for the higher education and research sector, today announced the appointment of Andrew Raftis as its new chief risk officer. Raftis will lead UniSuper's ...

Capital raisings top $27bn, dividends down $10bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... dividends by 3.3 billion, followed by ANZ at $2.2 billion and NAB at $1.5 billion. NAB also marking its name on the leader board for capital raisings, having successfully raised 4.2 billion; $3 billion of which was institutional investors and $1.2 billion ...

Sydney boutique research head steps down

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
Sydney hedge fund VGI Partners' Douglas Tynan is stepping down from his executive roles but will stay on the board and remain an investor in the boutique's funds. Tynan's resignation is for personal reasons, according to VGI. Following his ...

PPS Mutual bolsters distribution

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... earlier spent more than 11 years is distribution roles for Asteron Life. Hopwood said it had been "great" to welcome Tang on board. "I'm confident his considerable experience within both business and practice development roles will help us to further ...

Life insurers fork out more for mental health

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... partner Briallen Cummings said the increase in mental health claim pay-outs was notable despite the increase across the board. Rather than an increase in mental health pay-outs being due to an increase in the incidence of claims, it is the length of ...

HESTA asks Retirement Income Review to consider ERS

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... recommendations. It is chaired by Treasury veteran Mike Callaghan and includes two other panelists in former Future Fund board member and banker Carolyn Kay and former chair of SMSF Association Deborah Ralston. About two weeks after the announcement ...