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Oreana targets early education assets with new fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Following its expanded footprint in Australia, the property development and investment firm has launched a new fund targeting early education properties for wholesale and institutional investors. The fund is seeking an initial capital raise of $60 million ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... advice topics super funds can collectively charge members for; and allowing super funds to 'nudge' members at key life stages. SOAs will be replaced by Client Advice Records (CARs); "a principles-based, technologically-neutral record that is ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
State Super closed its main defined benefit schemes in 1985 and 1992, meaning the fund is on a long slow march to completion. Its chief executive John Livanas unpacks the challenges of managing a fund with no new members and an inevitable end. State ...

TAL nabs AIA strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... where he spent 17 years, most recently as the executive manager of investment strategy. Archer moved across to AIA when the life office bought CommInsure from Commonwealth Bank in 2019. There, Archer was tasked with checking the performance of the insurer's ...

Skills gap crisis costing Australia $3.5bn a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... co-chief executive Will Stubley said the school-to-work transition is one of the most pivotal phases in a young person's life and that more attention is needed to be placed on post-school options during high school years. "What starts off as a small ...

CEFC funds sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is partnering with Goldman Sachs Alternatives to pour $160 million into sustainable real estate. The investment is being made alongside the Goldman-managed Real Estate Credit Partners (RECP IV) fund and will ...

Australian Unity chief retires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
Australian Unity chief executive and group managing director Rohan Mead will retire at the end of this year, closing the book on a 21-year tenure at the financial services company. Australian Unity is now on the hunt for his successor, with an internal ...

TWC Invest makes risk, technology hires

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
TWC Invest has announced the appointments of a chief risk and compliance officer and a chief technology officer. TWC Invest said the appointees will support the firm's "differentiated lifecycle investment approach." Stephen Thompson has taken on ...

Managed account use at record high: Data

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
New research from State Street Global Advisors and Investment Trends shows about 59% of Australian financial advisers are now using managed accounts (MAs), as performance remains the top criteria for advisers. According to the SPDR ETFs / Investment ...

MLC Life explores new market

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
MLC Life has recruited a new general manager to help drive growth in the individual life insurance segment. Imran Lalani has been appointed general manager of emerging individual markets. He joins MLC Life Insurance with extensive experience in leadership ...