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Superannuation not a super solution to housing affordability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
Homeownership rates have plummeted, but unions and industry groups have had a negative response to Scott Morrison's last-ditch pitch to 'aspirational Australians'. Morrison has said that supporting first home buyers is a key part of his government's ...

MLC Life Insurance joins forces with Insignia Financial

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... how they lodge and track their claim. It will also enable submissions to be assessed sooner. From today, MLC MasterKey and Plum Super members insured by MLC Life Insurance will be able to lodge their claim digitally through LifeView. LifeView is MLC ...

Warakirri acquires stone fruit orchards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
Warakirri's Farmland Fund has made two foundation investments in orchards in Goulburn Valley and Cobram. The investments are part of a stone fruit category strategy with W. F. Montague Pty Ltd and will see the fund become one of the largest owners of ...

More mergers, minimal awareness: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
While there was more merger activity in the 12 months to October than any previous year, about 80% of members in merged superannuation funds weren't even aware their fund had merged. According to KPMG's Superannuation Transformation & Consolidation ...

Aware Super to offload farm assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... sale process of its Lake Boga agribusiness portfolio, including one of the nation's largest tomato enterprises, a commercial plum orchard, a sheep grazing enterprise and biodiversity zones. The investment opportunity includes 9004ha of highly efficient ...

CountPlus profit plummets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group recorded a 59% drop in net profit to $7.1 million as grandfathered commissions came to a halt and COVID-19 impacted the business. Regulatory reform, namely the FASEA exam, also impacted the business however ...

Allianz Retire+ chief steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
Allianz Australia Life Insurance and Allianz Retire+ has announced the sudden departure of its chief executive Matthew Rady and appointed an interim replacement. Rady was first appointed in 2018 as the inaugural chief executive of Allianz Retire+ and ...

BT Super for Life ups insurance premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
BT Super for Life will increase the cost of its standard life insurance cover by 13.1% from August 1. The standard cover includes death and TPD. As an example, a 34-year-old male member of BT Super for Life previously paid $11.41 each month for one ...

New chair of BT Super trustee board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
BT Super trustee board chair David Plumb has retired after more than a decade, with a replacement appointed. Gai McGrath will commence as non-executive director and chair of the BT Super trustee board from July 1. Westpac chief executive, specialist ...

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
Financial markets widely expected the Bank of England's (BOE) decision to keep current monetary policy settings unchanged at its June monetary policy committee meeting. "The MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%... and to maintain ...