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One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Contrary to first home buyers being frozen out of the residential property market, evidence is mounting that many of them are just shifting how they access the market. Concerns about first home buyers (FHB) being denied access to the residential property ...

Australian Unity acquires Premium Wealth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Australian Unity Personal Financial Services (Australian Unity) has acquired nearly 97% of Premium Wealth Management. Premium Wealth shareholders almost unanimously accepted the acquisition offer, with the transaction being completed on 22 December. ...

Surging group premiums push insurer inflows up 12.9 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Life insurance premiums jumped 12.9% during 2014 driven by group business, which has surged by 24%. The figures are contained in the latest analysis by insurance industry researcher Plan For Life for the 12 months to September 2014. According to the ...

Wealth Know How teams with Pro Adviser

HARRY PAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Wealth Know How, Australia's fastest growing provider of independent financial videos, has partnered with Pro Adviser to engage and educate consumers through online videos. The partnership will allow Pro Adviser's website to show a cross-section of ...

Fossil fuel divestment gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
The fossil fuel divestment push is gathering pace, this time with 295 faculty members of Stanford University in the US writing to its board of trustees asking them to divest its $25 billion endowment fund from the investment sector. The Stanford University ...

WAM Capital announces $100m share purchase plan

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
Listed investment company WAM Capital has announced a $100 million share purchase plan (SPP). The SPP will be offered to existing shareholders at the fixed price of $1.90 per share. Shareholders who participate in the offer will be entitled to the 7.0 ...

Auld lang syne

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?" - Robert Burns Happy 2015 to all you gentlereaders. We're back in space - cyberspace that is - and, it seems, so are the economic and financial market uncertainties that littered the dying ...

Philanthropic fund establishments return to pre-GFC levels

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2015
The number of private ancillary funds (PAFs) established in 2014 reached the highest level since the start of the global financial crisis in 2008. As many as 150 PAFs were established in Australia during 2014, compared to around 80 the year before ...

NZ Super and Infratil buy RetireAustralia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
New Zealand Super has joined forces with Infratil to buy major Australian aged care facility operator RetireAustralia. The sovereign wealth fund and the asset manager will take 50% each after entering into a sale and purchase agreement worth $640.2 ...

Energy Super unveils new chair

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
Energy Super has appointed a new chairman following Bob Hendricks' decision to step down after nearly two decades in the role. Deputy chair Mark Williamson will take over as the new Chairman and director Scott Wilson will step into the deputy chair ...