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Overseas investors' demand replacement of LM as RE

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... 20% and 24%, respectively, of the Main Fund, which, at 31 December 2011, had gross assets of $418 million, making it a mid-tier mortgage fund. Other unitholders hold the remaining 56% in the Main Fund. Trilogy Group chairman Rodger Bacon was initially ...

Hybrid securities back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... ANZ's $1.5 billion offer. Joining the hybrid party is listed insurance company Suncorp with the launch of a $350 million Tier 1 hybrid two weeks ago. The Commonwealth Bank is also tapping into the growing investor demand for high yield with the recent ...

APRA issues final Basel III reforms

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... include a stricter approach to regulatory adjustments under which most deductions from capital are to be from Common Equity Tier 1 capital. Among the changes, the Common Equity Tier 1 Capital must be at least 4.5% of risk-weighted assets and the Tier ...

Suncorp and Bendigo jump on hybrid demand

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... insurance company Suncorp is one of the latest to tap into investor demand for high yields with the launch of a $350 million Tier 1 hybrid offer this week. The insurance giant said that the money raised from the hybrids which are called Convertible Preference ...

Cash in on overseas asset offload

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... Morgan Asset Management's head of Global Real Assets Group, Joe Azelby. Global banks have two choices, either raise more tier one capital to meet the Basel requirements, or shed their balance sheets of assets that need a lot of capital to be held against ...

CBA set to launch a $750 million hybrid offer

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... the 12 of September, which is expected to raise $750 million. The CBA's hybrid offer, known as PERLS VI, will qualify as a Tier 1 Capital and will have an initial face value of $100. PERLS VI are a hybrid instrument and is a mixture of debt and equity. ...

Wealthtrac revises structure for independent market

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Independent platform provider Wealthtrac has updated their pricing for advisers to address the fee-for-service environment, including lowering the administration fee cap. Wealthtrac managing director and chief executive Matthew Johnson said the move ...

AustralianSuper hires veteran economist Tierney

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
AustralianSuper has appointed Mark Tierney as an investment manager within its Macro and Portfolio Construction Team. Tierney's responsibilities include translating macro views into impacts on all assets classes to inform decisions relating to allocation ...

Delay FoFA reforms another year: Lawyer

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2012

Premium Wealth creates accountant licensing program

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Premium Wealth is in process of finalising an accountant licensing program that it claims will increase the uptake of advice and advance the professional status of financial planning. The new program will offer accountants the three tiers of licensing ...