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Australians lose record amount to scams

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... dollars to scams in 2018. However, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said the figure should be taken with a grain of salt as many people who fall victim to scams choose not to report. Losses to investment scams increased last year by ...

Industry fund welcomes new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
A $6 billion industry superannuation fund recently appointed a new chair. Joseph Di Leo is the new chair of LUCRF Super. Former chair Tim Kennedy has stepped into the role of deputy chair. Di Leo joined the fund's board of directors in March 2018 as ...

PSP ramps up Aussie agriculture investment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
The $166 billion Canadian pension investment manager PSP Investments has acquired a stake in an Australian grain and logistics company BFB. Already a major investor in Australia's agricultural sector, PSP Investments bought out private equity firm ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... above-average temperatures during the growing season have been coupled with damaging frost to reduce harvest volumes and affect grain quality." "The reduced 2018/19 harvest will see WA, for the first time in 20 years, contributing more than half (52%) ...

Client longevity the largest advice disruptor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
Financial advisers must understand their respective practices will face increased pressure and industry disruption if they fail to properly account for the fundamentals of client longevity. This is the view of Russell Investments managing director of ...

LGIAsuper bolsters infrastructure investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... Utilities of Australia. The Port of Portland is situated in the resource-rich Green Triangle region, surrounded by forestry, grain, livestock, aluminium and fertiliser products. About $2 billion of exports passes the port each year. The Queensland super ...

IOOF grows against the grain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
IOOF credited the onboarding of about 50 advisers last financial year as a driving force behind its 131% increase in advice net flows. In what IOOF described as "counter to industry trend", its growing adviser numbers - including the 33 that joined ...

Riding the retirement tidal wave

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... noted that based on current projections, 30% of the population will be over 65 by the end of the century. "Take it with a grain of salt, but this tidal wave is coming," he said. Shead added that the over-65s of the future - and today, in many cases - ...

Canadian instos approved for Aussie ag investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... competition in any market." The commission had to consider that both institutional investors already have interests in the grain supply chain, with CPPIB holding a 33% interest in rail operator Pacific National and bcIMC holding 12%. Glencore Agriculture ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
Australia's record beef exports Australia exported a record 267,578 tonnes of grainfed beef in 2015-16, up 15% year-on-year. This is 4,618 tonnes higher than the previous record in 2006-07, according to the Meat and Livestock Association. The MLA said ...