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QIC splashes $32m on PEP acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) lent $32 million to back Pacific Equity Partners' (PEP) acquisition of ATOM Group, an industrial and safety goods distributor. QIC Private Debt made the transaction via PEP's Fund VII. PEP flagged late ...

Pollaers to chair AFCA for another three years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
John Pollaers will continue as chair of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) for another three years. Pollaers, who has served as the independent chair of AFCA for the past three years, has been reappointed to the position. This second ...

Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
Australian Ethical has updated its guide to ethical investing with several additions to further clarify what it considers before making an investment. The super fund added a list of positive and negative factors it considers in developing its criteria ...

Performance test needs better metrics, durability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... TDPs failed the test, of which 20 were non-platform products and 76 were platform products. After conducting an audience poll, Chu said that many agree that the test encourages short-term decision making and incentivises benchmark hugging.

Perpetual, Pendal combine multi-asset capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
Perpetual is creating a new multi asset strategies team, in a move that will see the departure of Pendal Group's head of multi asset. The fund manager said a recent review of its multi-asset capabilities resulted in a decision to merge the existing ...

Aussies want control of nest eggs: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... retirement savings but are willing to seek professional advice to do so, a new Financial Services Council (FSC) survey finds. The poll of 2500 superannuation members conducted by C|T Group found that an overwhelming majority want to be the masters of ...

A third of Aussies want life insurance advice: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
New research commissioned by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) shows the number of people receiving professional life insurance advice remains low, despite a third showing interest. The survey polled over 1000 Australian workers aged between ...

FCA mulls capital requirements for firms giving bad advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed mandating personal investment firms, commonly known as investment advisers, to pre-emptively calculate and secure sufficient capital for potential redress liabilities. The financial regulator is ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
Treasury's proposed three-year moratorium on private litigation related to Scope 3 reporting as part of its proposed mandatory climate-related financial disclosure package has raised fears that it would give companies the green light to greenwash. ...

Super bequest reform can boost charitable giving by billions: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... reform to super bequests is poised for a favourable reception among the broader community, as evidenced by a November 2022 poll by research firm Redbridge. Surveying over 2500 Australians, the poll revealed a 75% support for the super bequest reform. ...