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Pandemic hasn't killed retail: Airlie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
Despite doomsayers predictions, COVID-19 has not killed off the big Australian high street names in retail - actually, it may have benefited them. Airlie Funds Management portfolio manager and head of research Emma Fisher told Financial Standard that ...

AFCA weeds out phony complaints

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has made changes to its procedures to weed out complaints where the consumer didn't really suffer any financial harm. AFCA received feedback from financial institutions, particularly small to medium ...

ID_Land expands into funds management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
Property developer ID_Land announced it is getting into private funds management, targeting Australia's high-net-worths. The company has launched Title Capital, a capital raising and funds management arm that will offer direct investment opportunities ...

Superhero launches super offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
The trading platform has launched a superannuation fund, which will allow members to choose their own investments at a stock-by-stock level. Superhero says Superhero Super will allow Australians total transparency and control over their super investments ...

Mercer partners with platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
Mercer has announced a new strategic partnership with eVestment, a Nasdaq platform and institutional data and analytics specialist. Effective immediately, asset owners will be able to access Mercer's library of public and private markets research, ratings ...

Three join embattled AMP Capital fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
AMP Capital's Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF), which has been fighting takeover bids and losing staff members, has made three key appointments. Odette Linnett has been appointed investment director, Carolyn van Leuven as senior advisor and Mathew ...

Advice association shutters

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
A financial advice industry association, which had been vocal in boycotting the FASEA exam and fighting to retain life commissions, has shuttered. The United Financial Advisers Association (UFAA), which claimed to have 6000 members, quietly ended operations ...

Aon, Willis Towers Watson terminate merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
The US$30 billion merger between Aon and Willis Towers Watson is off, with Aon paying WTW a US$1 billion termination fee. In a statement, the companies said it was a mutual agreement - though the decision was forced by lack of regulatory approval in ...

CommIF ups hospital stake

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
After swatting off three takeover bids, the AMP Capital Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF) has increased its stake in Royal Adelaide Hospital. AMP Capital acquired an additional 9.95% in the Royal Adelaide Hospital on behalf of CommIF, taking its ...

FIRB updates guidance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
Treasury and the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) have released new guidance that will impact all foreign private capital investments in Australia. The guidance is mainly in respect to exemption certificates. It confirms that the exemption certificate ...