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Green light for $1b Cbus tower

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
Cbus Property has received approval from the Victorian government for a new $1 billion office tower in Melbourne's CBD. The permit-approved development will be known as 435 Bourke Street and will comprise 59,000 square metres of office space across ...

Netwealth to tap growing HNW demand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
Netwealth is looking to take advantage of growing demand among high net-worth and private wealth investors for sophisticated platform offerings, with plans afoot for the launch of a premium product within months. The $28 billion platform is set to launch ...

Boutique shuts doors

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
A small caps boutique founded by former UBS investors has decided to close after two institutional investors pulled back their money. Avoca Investment Management was set up by J eremy Bendeich and John Campbell in 2011, with the backing of multi-millionaire ...

AMP adds competitors to platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... for financial advisers and super and pension clients of MyNorth, North, Summit, ipac iAccess and Generations. It comes as Plan For Life Actuaries revealed life insurance risk premium inflows and sales ended 2019 down significantly. The entire life insurance ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
New technologies such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, blockchain and the internet of things (IoT) are set to radically transform and disrupt markets and economies. That's according to the latest research from KPMG and the Australian National ...

The growing risk to financial advisers

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
Financial advisers must act to repair the trust deficit or risk being superseded by superannuation funds. That's according to advisory and accounting firm HLB Mann Judd's Michael Hutton, who warned of the threat the changes could have to financial ...

New chief at HSBC Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... and market risk for Asia-Pacific and head of remediation officer for Asia-Pacific. HSBC said it is commencing a three-year plan for Australia that aims to grow its banking model in the country. Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited deputy ...

Major life insurers continue to suffer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... players AIA, CommInsure, AMP, BT, Zurich and MLC all registering lower risk premium inflows across 2019, according to new Plan for Life data. The actuary and research firm released the latest data on life insurance risk premium inflows and sales for ...

Your Super, Your Choice debate heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
The Financial Services Council and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees aired some grievances about the planned Your Superannuation, Your Choice legislation. FSC chief executive Sally Loane said while the FSC broadly supports the new ...

Westpac appoints new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... customer and employee focus, will be invaluable to Westpac as the organisation executes its strategy and implements its response plan for the AUSTRAC statement of claim," Maxsted said. The appointment comes after AUSTRAC launched legal proceedings against ...