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IFM Investors PE portfolio carbon neutral

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
IFM Investors' is celebrating having achieved carbon neutrality across its entire private equity portfolio. The portfolio's status is fully certified by Climate Active, which represents the Australian government's certification standard, IFM Investors ...

Smart default fund to boost retirement incomes

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JAN 2022
... seven, including some of Australia's biggest MySuper funds only marginally passed the test. "Superannuation trustees need to focus on improving retirement outcomes for their members, that's what they're paid to do," Bucknell said. "Our technology delivers ...

Sequoia Financial Group acquires legal practice

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JAN 2022
... and manages large number of trust and SMSF documents," Sequoia managing director Garry Crole said. "The current industry focus on reviewing outdated family trust and other structures was an area of strength for TDL, and this will be a specific area of ...

QSuper bets on US recovery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
QSuper, which will rebrand to Australian Retirement Trust upon its $230 billion merger with Sunsuper, has announced a series of investments in the US economic recovery. The fund said it has invested around $1 billion in US transport and industrial assets ...

AMP divests infrastructure debt platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JAN 2022
... its infrastructure debt platform to Ares for $428 million. The agreement follows a strategic move from PrivateMarketsCo to focus on managing equity investments in real estate and infrastructure, simplifying its structure. The transaction is part of AMP's ...

Morningstar to buy Praemium for $65m

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
... Praemium's operations in the United Kingdom, Jersey, Hong Kong, and Dubai. The sale of its business will allow Praemium to focus on its financial and leadership resources in its Australian platform market. "Praemium has a fast-growing UK and international ...

Future Super acquires Aon's super business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
Environmentally friendly super fund Future Super has acquired Aon's superannuation business, best known for its smartMonday brand. The fund acquired Aon Solutions, which provides investment consulting and administration and encompasses the smartMonday ...

Shoddy exam feedback fuels adviser stress

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
Financial advisers who failed the mandatory examination multiple times are slamming FASEA's feedback process, claiming it is inconsistent and fails to help them stay in the industry. As the failure rate continues to balloon, advisers making genuine ...

Plato readies new ESG strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... a net zero footprint without the use of carbon credits, prospective investors have heard. While Plato's distribution focus for the new funds has so far been on the institutional space, it is understood to also be targeting the retail space; mums ...

IFM, Citi pour $300m into Household Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... for their retirement needs. "Household Capital is an innovator in home equity retirement funding with a clear values-based focus on customer outcomes," Household Capital chief executive Joshua Funder said. "In partnering with Citi and IFM Investors ...