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Coastal Advice Group merges with Compass Financial Management

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... aged care, enabling the core team to focus on retirement planning and wealth management. "We have strategically pursued premium businesses in these three transactions, and when we focus solely on the growth aspects, the opportunities for best practices ...

Centuria raises $50m for new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... annum in pre-tax returns. The fund is set to acquire 43 College Hill located in Auckland to refurbish and convert it to a premium storage facility and then sell the property. In January, it bought a $21.5 million greenhouse farm based in South Australia. ...

Hamilton Lane debunks private market myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... greater ability to create paths for operational growth. Additionally, it highlighted that managers tended to exit deals at a premium to carrying value. The investment manager also challenged the notion of a bleak fundraising market. According to its ...

Equip Super set to hire top chief experience officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... executives and the arrival of new chief experience officer (CXO). It comes as the superannuation sector works to ensure a premium service to members. Equip Super chief executive Scott Cameron said the industry fund is recruiting for the newly created ...

Overhaul of TPD structure, pricing needed: MLC Life

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
Close to half of Australian workers have three months or less savings to get them through a disability impacting their ability to work, and women are particularly at risk, according to new research by MLC Life Insurance. The research, conducted by Freshwater ...

Baby boomers turn to local private debt: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... will grow by 42%," Foresight Analytics said. The report added that Australian private debt has and continues to pay a premium over other major developed markets, including Europe and the US. "In short, this is a scarcity premium," the report said. "There ...

Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... with account balances under $6000 or to new members under 25 years old. ASFA's findings suggested that while overall premium payments decreased, the reduction in coverage resulted in a significant loss of benefits for some individuals and their beneficiaries. ...

New life insurance regulations rolled out

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones has issued life insurance regulations that aim to modernise the legislative framework. The Life Insurance Regulations 2024 establishes a threshold for annuities, dictating that the ...

Rest faces class action over IP premiums

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... Hadi Boustani, up to 500,000 Rest members may be affected. "This was money down the drain for fund members who paid a premium for no benefit," Boustani said. "As a result, we're seeking compensation for insurance premiums which we allege were unfairly ...

AIA adds to C-suite lineup

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
Susan Turner will become the new chief financial officer of life insurer AIA, while Anna Livingston has been named chief people and culture officer. Turner boasts over 20 years of experience in senior finance leadership roles, most recently serving ...