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Link signs two industry funds, eyes UK pension admin

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Fund administration giant Link Group is sizing its opportunity to enter the UK pension market following the successful acquisition of Capita Asset Services and continued growth across the global business. Come 30 June 2018, about half of Link's revenue ...

LGIAsuper bolsters infrastructure investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
LGIAsuper is ramping up its stake in infrastructure investments, adding a regional port to its portfolio. LGIAsuper increased its interest in the Port of Portland to 31%, a deep-water facility located between Melbourne and Adelaide. One of its investment ...

Tax adviser registrations swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
The total number of registered tax (financial) advisers has returned to 19,000, despite 6000 failing to renew their registration by the end of 2015. According to the Tax Practitioners Board, about 13,000 of the 19,000 registered tax (financial) advisers ...

ClearView issues refunds over life sales misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
ClearView has stopped selling life insurance direct to consumers and will refund $1.5 million to thousands of customers as a result of poor sales practices. An ASIC review found ClearView staff used unfair and high pressure sales tactics when selling ...

Infrastructure investment needs rethink

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
Infrastructure investors which become heavily involved in infrastructure development must reconsider investment approaches in 2018 as tried-and-tested project management models do not fit modern demands. Global infrastructure financing firm AECOM recently ...

Australian instos included in top infrastructure deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
The $7.6 billion sale of Endeavour Energy to a consortium of Australian and global institutional investors ranked among the world's top 10 largest infrastructure deals in 2017. The deal, which included Australian investors AMP Capital, Macquarie Infrastructure ...

Former SMSF Association chief joins CEFC board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
A former Self-Managed Superannuation Fund Association chief executive will join the Clean Energy Finance Corporation board on February 1. Minister for the Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg and Minister for Finance Mathias Corman announced Andrea ...

Spring FG exec transfers to risk advisory firm as part of new partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
Spring Financial Group's head of risk services will transfer over to a specialist risk advisory firm as part of a new exclusive partnership. Rael Kwasnik will join Fairbridge Financial Services so as to expedite the process of migrating Spring FG clients ...

French giant intensifies action on global warming

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
One of Europe's biggest banks is calling on the world's influential financial sector to lead the transition to a low-carbon economy. BNP Paribas chief executive Jean-Laurent Bonnafe said that as the engine of the economy that brings individuals, investors ...

QIC receives $200m green loan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
QIC's Global Real Estate shopping centre fund is set to benefit from a multi-million dollar boost to undertake improvements in energy performance across the portfolio. Specialist clean energy financier the Clean Energy Finance Corporation will invest ...