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AustralianSuper executive joins boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
A long-serving AustralianSuper executive has exited after 12 years with the super fund, joining a boutique real estate investment firm. Daniel Berger joins Delancey, a London-based real estate investment and advisory firm, as property and funds director. ...

Industry fund introduces tax incentive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
A profit-for-member super fund is providing a tax rebate for members who choose an account-based pension. Intrust Super's introduction of the Pension Transfer Bonus (PTB) is aiming to help members increase their retirement balances if they choose ...

Centuria makes $171m acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
Centuria Industrial REIT (CIP) announced a $171 million acquisition along with a $125 million fully underwritten institutional placement to partially fund the purchase. CIP will acquire three high quality, cold store industrial facilities worth $171.1 ...

Former HESTA chair joins Assemble

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... director at RGA Reinsurance Company of Australia, State Trustees, Frontier Advisors, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and serves as an expert advisor on the HESTA Impact Committee. She is also chair of Suicide Prevention Australia, where she ...

SEC chair to depart

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
The chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced his intention to depart at the end of 2021, ahead of his term. Jay Clayton has served as chair for over three years and has been one of the longest-serving chairs of the SEC. He ...

Fintech to take on super with new hire

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
Stake has announced its plans to take on the super industry to give younger investors a simple, low cost way to have their own self-managed super fund (SMSF), by announcing a new executive hire. Stake announced the appointment of Kris Kitto as head ...

Climate change reporting is cheap talk: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
New research suggests that many companies engage in "cheap talk" and are ultimately greenwashing as a result of reporting poor quality emissions data. The University of Augsberg research paper, co-authored by Research Affiliates' Vitali Kalesnik ...

Australians drain $35bn from super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
Around $35 billion has been removed from Australians retirement savings as the governments' early release of super (ERS) scheme edges towards its close. Having opened in April this year in response to the immediate effects of the COVID-19 lockdown ...

CountPlus to continue acquisition spree

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group has confirmed it will continue to carry out its extensive growth strategy with further "tuck-in" acquisitions. Speaking at the company's annual general meeting, CountPlus chair Ray Kellerman said the "considerable ...

Cashwerkz director departs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
Cashwerkz has announced the retirement of a long-serving non-executive director. Nathan Leman had been on the board since 2010 and took responsibility for the design and implementation of the corporate infrastructure including IT projects. Throughout ...