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Retail investors ready to dive back in: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
Australian retail investors are looking for new investment opportunities, with half of respondents looking to increase the scale of their investments in the next year, according to Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) latest annual ...

Challenger Life books record annuity sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
Challenger Life reaped the benefits of regulatory reforms in the 2023 financial year and a greying population as retail and institutional investors alike increasingly turn to retirement income products. Annuity sales stemming from the domestic retail ...

Super funds prime distributor of death, TPD cover

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
... pandemic," Rainmaker said. "But since then, it has fully recovered." Looking at the three primary distribution channels - being retail, group and direct - Rainmaker found the dominant channel in 2022 was super funds, accounting for $6.9 billion in death ...

Franklin Templeton launches alternatives fund in Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
Franklin Templeton has launched its first alternatives fund in Australia, expanding access to the asset class for retail investors. The Franklin K2 Athena Fund primarily invests in uncorrelated risk premia strategies spanning various asset classes ...

Equity Trustees combines super, trustee arms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... Investment Partners recently mandated EQT for four funds, while AL Capital also appointed it to oversee its new range of retail funds.

FSCP issues slap on the wrist to adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... breaching sections 961B(1), 961G, 961J(1) and 921E(3) of the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to personal advice provided to retail clients between January 2022 and March 2022. Looking closely at the FSCP's fourth determination, Capital Advisory ...

Barwon snaps up $124m of healthcare assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... estate is holding up well through the cycle in comparison to traditional commercial property sectors such as office and retail, and we see continued interest from domestic and international investors for the sector, despite the current interest rate ...

Newmark Property REIT delivers mixed bag

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... portfolio's 100% occupancy and strong underlying income growth. The portfolio currently consists of nine large format retail properties located across the eastern seaboard of Australia. Its top five tenants include Bunnings, Kmart, Officeworks, petstock ...

Former advisers costs CBA $1.2bn in remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... products, certain superannuation, and other products. About $673 million was remediated to customers suffering from poor retail and business banking services, as well as package fees, interest, and other fee remediation. CBA said that it continues to ...

ASIC looking to send message with eToro action

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... appropriateness of eToro's target market, and the screening test used by the online investment platform that assessed whether a retail client fell within the target market for its CFD product. ASIC is seeking declarations and pecuniary penalties ...