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Diverse investment teams fare better: WTW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... shows. Analysing more than 1500 investment strategies, WTW found equity and credit strategies display a gender diversity premium of 46bps and 14bps respectively. "We note that credit has a lower absolute diversity premium, but in the context of lower ...

Spirit Super negotiates premium drop

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
The industry super fund has negotiated a new three-year rate guarantee with its group insurer MetLife, resulting in an almost 25% decrease to some premiums. Members will save about $51 million over the life of the agreement, Spirit Super said. Fees ...

Gurner Group welcomes first investment chief

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... said: "I am looking forward to working with an outstanding and diverse team who are executing on a remarkable pipeline of premium accommodation assets." "It is never an easy decision to leave a place where you have worked for nine-plus years, but I would ...

Sentinel launches Aussie BTR platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... development site on the Gold Coast - its first purchase on Australian soil. Sentinel plans to deliver approximately 300 premium rental apartments on the site, which will also be developed and managed under the Kinleaf brand. Sentinel Real Estate president ...

ClearView offloads managed investments unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... $290.9 million. Underlying net profit after tax jumped 46% to $19.4 million. The last six months saw gross life insurance premium income increase by 8% and new business rise by 9%. "Off the back of material industry and regulatory changes, the life insurance ...

New head of private debt at QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... purpose-driven capital solutions that combine the stability of infrastructure assets with the downside protection and complexity premium of private lending. The fund has since launched its multi-sector private debt capability that seeks to deliver for ...

Perpetual profits halve post-Pendal deal

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... said. "And a merger of equals was not something that we were attracted to." One analyst noted that paying a 25 to 40% premium for control is a very significant amount of money. They replied: "Ultimately it was the judgement of the board's that that ...

Advice group convicted of hawking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
National Advice Solutions was convicted in a Queensland court for cold-calling consumers and trying to convince them to switch their super fund, copping a $70,000 fine. National Advice Solutions' AFSL was cancelled in December and its two responsible ...

AOF sells Sydney property for $80m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... (AOF) is offloading a Macquarie Park property for $80.75 million. The sale price for 5 Eden Park Drive represents a 1% premium to the June 2022 independent valuation of $80 million, Australian Unity said. The sale is expected to settle in March and ...

Treasury releases Quality of Advice Review final report

CASSANDRA BALDINI, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... the issue or sale of a product. In this consent form, the provider must disclose the commission as a percentage of the premium and the nature of any services the adviser will provide to the client in relation to the product. This consent will be one-off ...