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Rest pays out $1bn, calls for policy certainty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... property, Doyle said: "We have $350 million invested in 99,000 hectares of rain-fed cropping farms in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and WA, and are looking to commit a further $500 million to expand our agriculture portfolio during the next five years." ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... minimal or no new cases of infections in recent weeks -- South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory and Queensland - want to keep their borders shuttered; those with the most number of infections - New South Wales and Victoria - did not ...

Fund pulls mandate, alters pandemic definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... QSuper's pandemic illness exclusion will no longer apply to members with default cover as a result of working with the Queensland Government or a default employer who have applied within the first 120 days of starting work with the Queensland Government ...

ASIC secures $160m in remediation over junk credit insurance

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... banks and lenders between 2011 and 2018. These include offerings from ANZ, Australian Central Credit Union, Bank of Queensland, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Citigroup, Commonwealth Bank, Credit Union Australia, Latitude Finance Australia, NAB, Suncorp-Metway ...

CountPlus acquires firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... Just over a month ago, Count Financial became the licensee of Affinitas, an accounting-led financial advice firm in Queensland. Count Financial chief advice officer Andrew Kennedy said at the time that the Affinities announcement was a sign that Count's ...

Suncorp wealth head departs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... for a new banking and wealth chief executive, after the incumbent lasted just three months. Lee Hatton will leave the Queensland bank at the end of the month, bringing her tenure as chief executive of Suncorp's banking and wealth operations to an end ...

A challenge in a Class of its own

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... to be closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Class, which is based in Sydney, purchased NowInfinity, based in Queensland, at the start of February for $25 million in what was the first major acquisition for the ASX-listed company. To further complicate ...

New course helps advisers recognise financial abuse

JULIA NEWBOULD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... which may be affecting their clients. The Financial Abuse Specialist certification course is a program designed by Queensland-based financial adviser Amanda Cassar of Wealth Planning Partners, and issued by Standards International, will be available ...

Mayfair 101 reveals new sub-division, hires chief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... unprecedented project that will transform traditional Australian experiential tourism and reinvigorate the Far North Queensland economy," Handy said. "Mayfair 101's vision and planning for the Mayfair Tourism brand and Mission Beach is exceptional ...

Asset consultant expands into retail market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... been engaged with Melbourne-based Strategic Wealth for around 12 months and more recently entered a partnership with Queensland-based First Point. Karagianis said the two engagements, which have been set up differently, are evidence of the flexible approach ...