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Suncorp divests super unit to industry fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... exorbitant administration fees. The transaction is due to complete by mid-2022. After this, Suncorp will enter into an agreement with LGIAsuper to distribute superannuation products to customers for 18 months. The $45 million consideration includes a ...

Standard Life Aberdeen rebrands to Abrdn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... Standard Life Aberdeen, which has a 14% stake in Phoenix Group as part of the partnership, entered into a new binding agreement with the insurer which will see Phoenix acquire ownership of the Standard Life brand. The rebrand is part of several changes ...

Queensland bans Dollarmites

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... Bank's school-banking program. Queensland minister for education Grace Grace announced her department will not renew its agreement with CBA when it ends on 31 July 2021. The moves come off the back of ASIC's landmark investigation into the school-banking ...

MIRA to acquire waste management firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... given the opportunity to vote in July. BINGO chair Elizabeth Crouch said the firm is pleased to have reached unanimous agreement with MIRA on this proposal and concluded that the acquisition is in the best interests of shareholders.

ACSI launches new climate change policy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... newly updated policy from ACSI aims to improve how companies approach climate change risk. The policy supports the Paris Agreement and the need for companies to commit to pathways for net zero emissions by 2050. "Climate change is one of the greatest ...

APRA releases draft climate change guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... that it does not create new requirements or obligations. "Since the Australian government became a party to the Paris Agreement, APRA has been raising awareness of climate-related risks to the financial sector," says APRA chair Wayne Byres. "Given the ...

Pahari to leave AMP amid demerger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... list it separately on the ASX, confirming discussions with Ares yielded no outcome; "we have not been able to reach an agreement that would deliver appropriate value for our shareholders". As part of the demerger, former AMP Capital chief executive Boe ...

HUB24 FUA up on acquisitions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... offer of Easton Investments and now has a 31.5% stake. As such, HUB24 has a technology partnership and distribution agreement with Easton whereby HUBconnect Insight will be rolled out to Easton during the fourth quarter.

Granny flat tax exemption to become law

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... current tax arrangements have been a deterrent, in some cases, to families establishing a formal and legally enforceable agreement and that failure to establish such an agreement leaves the elderly person without rights to their home. Stakeholders and ...

WTW commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... opportunities while delivering a reduction in emissions of more than 50% between 2015 and 2030, consistent with the Paris Agreement." The discretionary delegated investment portfolio in question has $166 billion in assets under management globally. "We ...