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Government commits to Quality of Advice Review in current form

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... to meet the needs of their clients", including education requirements for experienced advisers. "I am pleased with the progress of the review, and the significant contribution that the financial advice industry, consumer bodies and regulators have made ...

Apollo secures Hostplus mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... with local expertise and origination." Michelini praised how the new credit strategy demonstrates Apollo's continued progress in building its team, capabilities and growing credit needs of companies in Asia Pacific. The launch of the strategy follows ...

Citi pilots Bitcoin custody service platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
Citibank has announced that it's launching will launch a Bitcoin custody services platform for institutional investors. The bank will partner with orchestration platform METACO to help develop and trial its digital asset custody capabilities. "This ...

Insurers to get new advocacy body

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
Australia's life insurance industry will soon have a new peak body, the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI). Expected to launch later this year, CALI is the brainchild of a collective of life insurers who believe it is now time for the sector ...

Mutual sector overcomes pandemic headwinds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... also improved with 21% of the top 100 co-ops and mutuals chaired by a female in 2021, up from 15% in 2016. "Significant progress has been made, yet gender inequalities continue to limit the opportunities of women," the report stipulated. "In Australia ...

Carbon transition and MBFID: Is it possible to meet both?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... delegates said any new fossil-fuel based investments would need to meet measurable interim milestones to demonstrate its progress towards net zero targets in order to attract investment. The balance of respondents said they still wouldn't consider an ...

AIST names Rising Star

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... was also recognised for helping develop new opportunities for new entrants to the super sector while also seeking to progress her own professional development and technical competencies. In accepting the award, Stuart said: "I'm grateful to be part ...

Tomorrow belongs to those who hear it coming: ASI

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... "scenario plan". "The Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced a more sombre appraisal of the notion of the world's progress," Suter said. "Ukraine represents the best-situated, most productive piece of Russia's former Soviet empire and so the ...

Atlas Arteria stonewalls IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
The Boards of Atlas Arteria have denied IFM Investors access to non-public and confidential information about the company and its assets. IFM stated its intention for said information to help the investment manager decide whether to submit a non-binding ...

IFM Investors becomes majority shareholder in Atlas Arteria

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
IFM Investors has taken 15% interest in the toll road operator. The acquisition, made via the Global Infrastructure Fund (IFM GIF) is comprised of a relevant interest and economic interest. The fund has said it regularly invests in companies that align ...