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QIC bolsters real estate business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
QIC has hired a new head of alternative income for its real estate business, recruiting from Lendlease. Sally Harding joined QIC as head of alternative income, QIC Real Estate at the end of January. She comes from Lendlease where she held the role of ...

SelfWealth adds crypto

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... platform. BTC Markets chief executive Caroline Bowler said the partnership is likely to be popular based on research around interest in crypto. "Our research tells us that Australians view crypto trading as a way to build wealth and secure their futures," ...

What fund selectors want: Natixis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... relations and 24% are worried about economic growth. The analysis also showed seven in 10 fund selectors globally see interest rates as a key portfolio risk in 2022, followed by 68% who ranked inflation as a top risk. Valuations were cited as the top ...

ATO underestimates SMSF performance: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
A new report from the Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association (SMSFA) and the University of Adelaide has found the Australian Taxation Office is increasingly underestimating the performance of SMSFs. The SMSFA and the University of Adelaide's International ...

Blackstone agrees $8.9bn deal with Crown

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
Crown has accepted Blackstone's latest takeover bid for the Australian casino giant, totalling $8.9 billion. The US private equity firm is offering $13.10 cash per Crown share, which is around 11% higher than its initial approach for the company ...

Managed accounts demand surges: BTFG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... advisers' growing demand, said BT Financial Group's newly appointed chief executive Matt Rady. Within this strong demand is interest in managed accounts products that prioritise sustainability, Rady said, adding that some 82% of financial advisers are ...

PE Capital in liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... Diversified Income Fund; and Asia Wholesale Opportunities Fund. Cheeseman said: "I am satisfied that it is in the public interest to wind up PE Capital Funds Management for the purpose of protecting investors and potential investors. Winding up PE Capital ...

Blue Crane Capital launches fintech tool for SMSFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... property, covering banks, nonbanks and private lenders. The newly launched fintech aims to deliver SMSF borrowers the best interest rate available based on a sophisticated calculation. The backend of the platform is supported by raw data from SMSFr8 ...

Pinnacle hires retail distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... Pinnacle shut Reminiscent Capital, a discretionary Asian macro strategy, and completed its acquisition of a 25% equity interest in private equity firm Five V Capital.

Mantis in new distribution partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... endowment policies or TEPs, which are second-hand conventional life insurance policies. Considered an alternative to fixed interest, TEPs offer attractive and predictable returns, backed by insurance companies' statutory funds and balance sheets, Mantis ...