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Jinding funds management division spun off

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... as its own entity, Ladon Capital. The new business, which has offices in Melbourne and Singapore's Marina Bay Financial Centre, is targeting Asia Pacific investors for Australian real estate. The business has raised more than $340 million in capital ...

Australia requires swifter settlement cycle: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Australia is at risk of getting left behind if it does not adopt the T+1 settlement cycle along with major global financial centres, according to operations experts who spoke at the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association Conference (SIAA) ...

Budget 2024: Cost of living relief takes centre stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Support will be boosted for Australians facing acute and urgent financial pressures with $138 million to meet sustained high demand for crisis support including emergency relief, food relief and financial support services. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced ...

Budget 2024: Chalmers looks to reset aged care, NDIS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... systems to support the introduction of the new Aged Care Act and associated IT services. Meantime, the My Aged Care Contact Centre will receive $37 million to reduce call-waiting times for people seeking information and access to aged care. In addition ...

Rest adds to C-suite with new appointment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
Rest has appointed Amy Murrell to the new role of chief people officer after joining the super fund in 2021 as general manager people and culture. Murrell will now report directly into Rest chief executive Vicki Doyle. "I warmly welcome Amy Murrell ...

ClearView closes ClearChoice Super Rollover, launches trauma options

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... insurers need to start thinking more creatively to meet the evolving needs of customers. "While trauma has been front and centre in this round of enhancements, we're also looking to overcome some of the current issues with TPD such as uncertainty due ...

UniSuper outage continues, no cause identified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... confirmed last Friday that the outage is the result of an issue with third-party provider Google Cloud, and the fund had call centre staff work over the weekend to ensure it could still process member requests and answer queries. Those additional resources ...

Financial advice exodus has 'bottomed out': ClearView

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
ClearView said it believes there have been signals towards the "return" of financial advice, following the government's favourable response to the Quality of Advice Review. "Recent data indicates the exodus of financial advisers has 'bottomed out'. ...

Billionaire receives death penalty for embezzlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
A Vietnamese billionaire property developer has been sentenced to death for embezzling US$12.5 billion - the country's largest case of financial fraud, several reports show. The People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City yesterday handed down the death ...

Why fund managers are missing out on investment mandates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... over the coming three years. "Compliance and risk teams and the expertise, insights and rigour they provide are front and centre to the bottom-line success of every fund manager. They hold a heavy weight of responsibility, and our research shows that ...