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Elanor expands healthcare real estate fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... said the acquisition enhances the fund's portfolio with the property being fully leased to the Queensland government's Metro South Health Department. A 27-chair dental surgery and mental health administration services occupy the 4966 square metres ...

Remote exams offered to Melbourne advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is providing remote-sitting options for financial advisers in Melbourne affected by COVID-19 restrictions. Financial advisers sitting the November exam will be affected. FASEA advised those who registered ...

Retirees value home over super: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
Retirees wish to remain in their own home despite the value of their properties being significantly more than their superannuation balances, new research shows. Household Capital's 2020 Retirement Outcomes survey reveals 73% of homeowners aged over ...

Frydenberg bets on infrastructure for recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
An additional $10 billion will help rebuild the nation's ageing infrastructure and ultimately create more jobs to stabilise the flailing economy, according to the Treasurer. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is hoping the infrastructure spent on ...

Pension funds sue Allianz Global Investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Several pension funds are suing hedge funds managed by Allianz Global Investors for allegedly engaging in risk-taking behaviour and losing billions of dollars in retirement savings. The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS) was the first pension ...

Charter Hall REIT acquires portfolio, opens raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
The Charter Hall Long WALE REIT (CLW) has entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of petrol stations in New Zealand and will undertake an equity raise to fund the purchase. CLW is acquiring a 49% interest a portfolio of 70 long weighted average ...

Impact investing seeks to address racial inequality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
A new initiative in the US, with $4 million in backing from J.P. Morgan Chase, has seen a small business lender and an impact investor come together to address racial inequality. CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact Partners, which describes ...

Regulatory, legal exam questions trip up advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
FASEA has revealed the areas that financial advisers struggle with in the exam - with regulatory and legal questions presenting a challenge. In the June FASEA exam results for the first time the authority has provided some feedback from the exam data ...

Chief economist update: It's about human life, not human rights

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
"We are all prisoners here of our own device." - Hotel California, The Eagles Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews declared Victoria in a "State of Disaster" from 6pm on August 2 and imposed Stage 4 restrictions that will run for six weeks (until September ...

FASEA confirms 2021 exams

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
FASEA has confirmed the exam schedule for 2021, after the extension was passed. The authority will run six exam sittings in 2021 at metropolitan and regional locations around Australia. "We have seen a strong performance by most advisers sitting the ...