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Cannon-Brookes takes stake in Rabbitohs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
Atlassian co-founder and billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has purchased a stake in NRL club South Sydney Rabbitohs, after recently becoming a minority owner of the Utah Jazz basketball team. Cannon-Brookes will own one third of Blackcourt League Investment's ...

Brokers warn of looming disaster

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
The Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA) has issued a dire warning, claiming Australian borrowers could not afford to pay 1% more on their mortgages or rent. The FBAA commissioned a survey, conducted by research firm McCrindle, to assess ...

APRA finalises framework for insurance in super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
APRA has finalised its revisions to guidance on insurance in superannuation, which was made in response to findings from the Royal Commission. APRA conducted extensive industry consultation on this matter over two years. Now, the completion of this ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of Future Asset Management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
The regulator has stripped Future Asset Management International of its licence to operate. ASIC cancelled the firm's Australian financial services licence because it is in liquidation. Future AM International is the responsible entity for Future Asset ...

Metrics Credit Partners acquires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
Metrics Credit Partners has acquired a small and medium-sized enterprise business lending specialist. Metrics has acquired SME lender Bigstone Finance. Metrics managing partner Andrew Lockhart said the addition of the Bigstone team to the funding capability ...

£450bn in inflation-linked UK DB liabilities unmatched

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
New analysis from Alpha Real Capital, a specialist income manager, suggests that £450 billion of inflation‐linked liabilities belonging to UK defined benefit pension schemes are unmatched. Alpha's analysis showed that higher inflation risks have ...

Millennials fastest growing SMSF cohort

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
Millennials (born 1981 to 1996) represent the fastest growing segment of new SMSF accounts. This is according to new data from AUSIEX, which found during the first quarter of this financial year there was a 9.3% increase in new SMSF accounts opened ...

Cbus to create rainy day fund to cover fines

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
Despite not currently facing any fines or penalties, Cbus has made a request to the Supreme Court for permission to change its rules to create a special pool of capital to pay any future fines. Following changes to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) ...

Trustees Executors awards technology mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
New Zealand's oldest trustee company has chosen a technology partner for its new wealth management joint venture. Trustee Executors selected SS&C Aloha for the joint venture, called Flint Wealth, which is a wrap account wealth management solution. SS&C ...

BT closes self-licensee business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
BT will shutter its Practice Principals' Community (formerly known as BT Select or BT Open), with the head of the offering to depart BT to start an independent service for self-licensed practices. Kon Costas, who has been with BT for a decade and ...