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Retirement Income Covenant paper released

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
The government has released a position paper on the Retirement Income Covenant and is inviting submissions until August 6. Subject to the legislation passing, the government plans to have the covenant come into effect in July 2022. The new paper, released ...

QIC builds private debt team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
QIC has hired from AMP's infrastructure debt team again, as it builds out its newly launched private debt team. Evan Nahnsen has joined QIC's New York offices as its head of private debt, infrastructure. He was most recently a principal on AMP's ...

Westpac sells NZ life business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
Westpac announced the sale of its New Zealand life insurance arm, finding a buyer in Fidelity Life Assurance, which is backed by NZ Super Fund. The institution is selling the life insurance division for NZ$400 million ($373 million) in addition to a ...

Stop abusers hiding super: AIST

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is calling on Parliament to ensure abusive partners cannot hide their super from domestic violence victims. In a submission, AIST supported the proposed Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for ...

360 Capital offloads E&P stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
360 Capital has sold its entire stake in E&P Financial Group, after its unsuccessful takeover attempt earlier this year. TGP sold its 19.9% stake in EP1 at 62 cents a share ($29.9 million total including dividends). It says it netted a $9.1 million ...

ASIC cancels BBY licence

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
The corporate regulator has cancelled the Australian financial services licence held by stockbroker BBY Limited, after suspending it in May 2015 for three years. BBY's AFSL will go until 31 March 2022 only for the purposes of giving clients access to ...

Deutsche Bank names real estate lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
Deutsche Bank has hired an investment banking executive from Morgan Stanley to lead the real estate team that is part of the origination and advisory unit. Amit Sheshinski will join the local bank as head of real estate. Sheshinski spent nearly seven ...

Mainstream bidding war over

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The intense bidding war for Mainstream appears to have ended after the administrator entered into a scheme implementation deed with Apex Group. Apex has made an offer for 100% of Mainstream shares for $2.80 per share, valuing the company at $400 million ...

CountPlus acquisitions boost revenue by $9.4m

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
The 11 financial advice and accounting firms CountPlus has acquired this financial year are anticipated to bring in $9.4 million in revenue. In an operational update to the ASX, CountPlus managing director and chief executive Matthew Rowe said the group ...

Plenary hires team of seven from AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
Plenary has bolstered its funds management business, nabbing seven professionals who all worked on one AMP Capital fund. Plenary had already announced that Julie-Anne Mizzi, who had spent 17 years at AMP Capital and led its $1.24 billion Community Infrastructure ...