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Qualitas seizes non-bank financing opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Amid the major banks lowering their lending participation rates, Qualitas sees a boom in the private debt real estate segment over the medium term. Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, Qualitas group managing director Andrew Schwartz said private ...

BTFG expands tobacco divestment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
BT Financial Group is expanding its divestment from tobacco and controversial weapons. The firm is extending its ESG exclusion framework to investment mandates for internally managed investments, saying customers demand sustainable investing that aligns ...

Adviser-client relationships not swayed by RC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
About 56% of consumers and more than a third of SMEs feel the revelations of the Royal Commission have had no impact on the way they interact with their financial adviser. New research from MetLife shows the Royal Commission has had no impact on the ...

Industry fund drops life premiums, pension fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
A $1.5 billion industry superannuation fund is reducing select insurance premiums after renegotiating its group insurance mandate. It also slashed the administration fee on its pension account. Under a new group cover deal with MetLife, REI Super has ...

New Pinnacle affiliate to manage Blue Sky LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Ian Macoun's multi-boutique house has launched a new affiliate that will manage the Blue Sky Alternatives Access Fund (BAF) as it separates from Blue Sky Investments (BLA). With the bifurcation announced this morning, BLA will target an institutional ...

Macquarie boss joins climate change commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... working today to make the world a safer, better place," a statement from the GCA said. The commission aims to address four major roadblocks that are slowing adaption: lack of awareness among decision makers and the wider public about the gains they can ...

Board director departs life insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
An ASX-listed financial services company will appoint a new board director, replacing the lone representative of a major shareholder. Satoshi Wakuya has notified ClearView of his intention to stand down from the board at the company's annual general ...

Superannuation ripe for blockchain

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... the ASX's commitment to replace CHESS as an example of Australia's leadership in DLT. It will be one of the first major exchanges in the world to move to a DLT platform, Tsen adds. Despite the general optimism, Lusty is adamant the technology ...

Advisers: Keep your clients off A Current Affair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... you from what you need to do. Especially in a world like this, where there's such a risk that clients will end up making major financial mistakes," he said. "I used to say to people that the role of a financial adviser was to keep their clients faces ...

ANZ chief says remediation is "distracting"

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... morning, Elliott told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in Canberra that it was one of the two major banks that admitted to ASIC it viewed remediating customers as "distracting." The inquiry is currently scrutinising the chiefs ...