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Jarden continues Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
Kiwi investment bank Jarden is continuing to grow its Australian team, with a new appointment from Goldman Sachs. Catherine McCormack will join Jarden Australia as managing director and head of natural resources and utilities. She was previously managing ...

360 Capital moves to acquire Evans Dixon

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
ASX-listed firm 360 Capital Group is proposing to takeover Evans Dixon shortly after its founder and managing director joined the embattled firm. The firm announced it wants to acquire Evans Dixon (ED1) via an off-market takeover, taking its 19.55% ...

QInsure ramps up claims technology

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
QSuper's insurance arm has upgraded its systems in an effort to streamline the claims management process. QInsure has moved from FINEOS's Claims system to the Claims SaaS edition on the Dublin-based firm's platform. The insurance claims ...

Future Fund asked to table detailed fee spend

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
At the budget estimates this morning, the Future Fund was asked to provide its fee spend by each asset class, instead of the total-portfolio figure it usually reports. The $163 billion sovereign wealth fund uses 'total portfolio approach' meaning ...

The Big Issue launches investment platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
The Big Issue has launched an impact-investing platform, The Big Exchange, backed by investment management giants aiming to build a new financial system that makes a difference. The Big Issue Group in the UK, with the help of fund managers like Aberdeen ...

Level premiums to remain

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
Despite the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) intervention to try and salvage individual disability income insurance, level premiums will continue to exist. Speaking on a panel at the Association of Financial Advisers Conference, MLC ...

Advice reforms to be legislated: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
After having previously been placed on hold, the single disciplinary body for financial advisers and the compensation scheme of last resort is set to be legislated by mid-2021. Speaking at the 2020 Association of Financial Advisers Vision Conference ...

Proposed changes ahead for APRA's heatmaps

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is considering making changes to its MySuper Heatmap to reflect the reforms proposed by the government in the federal budget. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Online Chair ...

Ausbil drops fees on global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
Ausbil Investment Management has dropped the fees on a global equities fund with a sustainability focus by about 30bps. The Candriam Sustainable Global Equity Fund went from charging 1.05% per year in management costs to about 0.75% per year, effective ...

REI Super ups insurance premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
The $1.6 billion super fund has increased insurance premiums for the second time in 18 months, blaming the Putting Members' Interest First legislation. Insurance premiums for REI Super members eligible for standard rates on death and total and permanent ...