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Suncorp wage scandal comes to a head

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
Suncorp has signed an Enforceable Undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman and reimbursed its staff with a back-payment of $32 million, inclusive of interest and superannuation. Suncorp underpaid nearly 16,000 employees between May 2014 and March 2022. ...

Could the anti-woke movement come to Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
At a recent conference, industry leaders delivered a stark warning to Australian companies and government to ensure that workers are not left behind in a just transition to net zero - or risk the kind of political polarisation and populism that has ...

Mercer scoops up third BT business unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
Mercer announced it will acquire BT Private Portfolio Management for an undisclosed amount after it finalised the transition of the superannuation and asset management units. Mercer will become the new owner of BT Private Portfolio Management (PPM) ...

AIA adds four regional managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
AIA is growing its retail distribution capabilities, adding four regional managers to the business to better support financial advisers. Following the appointment of Craig Parker as general manager, retail distribution, AIA has reformed its managerial ...

AOF sells Sydney property for $80m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
As part of its ongoing value maximisation strategy, the Australian Unity Office Fund (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 ...

Maple-Brown Abbott selects UK, Europe distribution partner

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
Maple-Brown Abbott's UCITS funds will be available across the UK and Europe, following an agreement with Hyde Park Investment (HPI). HPI, a capital raising and strategic consultancy firm, will distribute the UCITS funds in locations including, Sweden ...

Fintech predictions for 2023: Finura

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... took on investment from Pinnacle Investment Management. In 2023, we expect to see emerging companies Ignition Advice, Six Park and Otivo announce strategic partnerships with significant wealth players," it said. Moving on to platforms, Finura said data ...

Fraudsters jailed over international crypto scam

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
Four people have been jailed in the UK over a $37 million fraud carried out on an Australian cryptocurrency exchange five years ago. The UK's Crime Prosecution Service (CPS) said Stephen William Boys, Kelly Caton, Jordan Kane Robinson and James Austin-Beddoes ...

Link Fund Solutions hit with further legal action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
Link Fund Solutions is the subject of a new group action in England related to the now infamous Woodford fund failure. Law firm Leigh Day has served the action after it and another firm, Harcus Parker, had applications for a Group Litigation Order regarding ...

Australian Unity sells Macquarie Park asset for $68.8m

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
... of a 30 Pirie Street property Adelaide, where Telstra ended its lease after more than three decades. "The sale of 2 Eden Park Drive, Macquarie Park and the previously announced conditional sale of 30 Pirie Street, Adelaide would position AOF's balance ...