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ASIC response to Freedom Insurance saga continues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
ASIC has so far secured more than $102 million in remediation for Freedom Insurance customers and is urging anyone else who purchased life cover through the now-defunct insurer to come forward. Freedom Insurance went out of business after ASIC's review ...

Females, millennials lead the way in SMSFs: Class

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
According to Class's 2022 Annual Benchmark Report, female SMSF balances are rising faster than males and most new SMSFs are being established by millennials. Over the past three years, millennials have become the largest cohort of all the age groups ...

Charter Hall grabs Melbourne icon for $65m

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
Charter Hall's Prime Office Fund (CPOF) has acquired a 100% freehold interest in Collins Place, an office, entertainment, and hotel precinct in the highly coveted Paris end of Melbourne's CBD. The 13,350 square-metre site at 33-35 Collins Street was ...

QIC braces against recession risks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
As the manager of the Queensland government's long-term financial interests and a quasi-sovereign wealth fund, QIC can avoid the painful APRA performance test. This is a tremendous advantage for Allison Hill, QIC's state chief investment officer ...

AMP North bolsters managed portfolio offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... ownership, portfolio transparency, cost efficiency, and access to world class investment managers importantly, they also free up advisers to spend more time with their clients," she explained. Maloney added North is continuing its expansion, having passed ...

Morrison & Co buys stake in Lyntia Networks

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
Morrison & Co has acquired a 33.3% stake in Spanish open access wholesale fibre operator, Lyntia Networks. Lyntia operates a metro and long-haul fibre network in Spain spanning more than 43,000 km, providing B2B connectivity services on a wholesale ...

FNZ acquires private banking tech firm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
FNZ has acquired Swiss private banking technology company New Access, representing its investment in the growing private banking and cross-border wealth sector. New Access is primarily active in the Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg markets. ...

Crypto lures executives despite ongoing uncertainty

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
A new report from ETF Securities suggests more people from traditional financial institutions are leaving their jobs for crypto companies. According to the report, the most recent move was from three J.P. Morgan executives. After a little over 21 years ...

Akambo grows leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
Akambo Financial Group has appointed Michael Happell as its non-executive chair and Kevin White as non-executive director to the board of its holding company. The integrated financial services business recently merged with the well-established wealth ...

ETF flows up despite volatility: Vanguard

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... it's a timely reminder that diversification not only across asset classes but regions too is important - no one country is free of economic or market risk, and there's opportunity for investors to mitigate divergences in global economic momentum through ...