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Competition for adviser relationships fierce: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
In a hotly contested platform space, competition for adviser relationships is fierce, according to part two of Investment Trends' latest Adviser Technology Needs Report. The report found the percentage of new inflows by advisers through platforms decreased ...

Charter Hall sells half-stake in office fund to GIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
The Charter Hall Prime Office Fund (CPOF) has sold a 50% interest in the $800 million office project that's being developed on 555 Collins Street, Melbourne to sovereign wealth fund GIC. Charter Hall managing director and group chief executive David ...

BlackRock launches Bitcoin trust

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
Following its recent partnership with Coinbase, BlackRock has doubled down on crypto with the launch of a new Bitcoin private trust for institutional investors. In a statement, BlackRock said the trust is available to US institutional clients and seeks ...

EG private wealth syndicate sells off industrial site

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
EG has sold an industrial site in Sydney's Northern Beaches for $26 million, realising returns in excess of 27% per annum over a 2.5-year period. Acquired in 2020 for $18.09 million, the multi-let industrial facility is the first divestment of an EG ...

Perpetual makes moves in digital innovation space

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
Jon Alder has been appointed as the new general manager of Perpetual Corporate Trust's (PCT) digital arm to drive its digital solutions and innovations strategy. With over 25 years' experience in technology, software and operations, Alder was most recently ...

Philanthropist fund unveils new NFP partners

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
Future Generation is on a mission to accelerate funding into the prevention of youth mental health issues, warning that Australia's current funding of mental healthcare is "not working". Comprising of 14 non-for-profit partners, the social investment ...

JANA adds to consulting team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
JANA has invited operations specialist Sadru Karim to join its consulting team. In the new role, Karim will work on JANA's investment trusts and take on other implementation and operational consulting assignments. The recruit will work closely with ...

Office properties here to stay: AMP Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
Speaking at the Wollongong leg of Financial Standard's Advisers Big Day Out regional roadshow, AMP Capital portfolio manager Christopher Davitt said despite pandemic pressures and the subsequent workplace trends, the outlook for office investments remains ...

BetaShares launches Metaverse ETF

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
BetaShares has today launched a Metaverse ETF on the ASX, adding to its thematic fund offering. A company issued statement called the BetaShares Metaverse ETF (MTAV) an Australian first. It aims to track the Bloomberg Metaverse Select Index and currently ...

Optimum Pensions, Generation Life launch lifetime annuity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
Optimum Pensions and Generation Life partnered to launch an investment-linked lifetime annuity. The LifeIncome products offers a lifetime annuity with 23 different investment options and has reversionary benefit and death benefits. A statement called ...