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APN Property launches direct regional fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
APN Property Group is capitalising on growth in Newcastle by launching a direct regional property fund underpinned by two local office buildings. The APN Regional Property Fund will offer investors the opportunity to invest in what Colliers International ...

Pay super fortnightly: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
The industry superannuation peak body believes retirement savers are losing millions in interest due to quarterly super contributions. Industry Super Australia is calling for changes to the laws governing superannuation contributions in Australia, arguing ...

CAER sold to global service provider

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
Australian ESG researcher CAER has been acquired by an international consultancy which specialises in governance and responsible investment. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) announced its acquisition of the Canberra-based Centre for Australian ...

Netwealth to benefit from RC fallout

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
The Royal Commission might have been harsh on some financial services providers, but Netwealth said it's poised to benefit. Informing the market of its half-yearly financial performance this morning, the platform provider said strong flows towards ...

Super account consolidation to hurt AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
AMP will take a $30m hit to the hip pocket if it is forced to send 370,000 low balance super accounts to the ATO. Following the Senate passage of the Government's centerpiece superannuation legislation late last week, AMP informed the market it would ...

Government carves out super deal

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
The Government's signature superannuation legislation passed through the Senate, but not without victims. Last night the Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation Package) Bill 2018 passed the Senate after a deal was struck with the Greens ...

Industry fund appoints chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
An $8 billion industry superannuation fund has looked inwards for its new chief executive officer. Tony D'Alessandro has been appointed to lead Statewide Super, and will take the reins from March 1. Currently serving as the fund's general manager ...

Perfect storm smashes AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
AMP suffered a 97% profit drop in 2018 and it's flagging a reshaped financial advice network into 2019. AMP recorded statutory net profit of $28 million last year, but the result is worth 3% of its 2017 full-year profit of $848 million. Discussing ...

Former Westpac GM joins APRA review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
A former Westpac general manager and group executive will help lead APRA's capability review. Diane Smith-Gander has joined the three-person panel reviewing the prudential regulator, after the Government agreed to act on Kenneth Hayne's recommendation ...

Government moves on Royal Commission super recommendations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
The Federal Government has amended the SIS Act and some of its superannuation bills to include recommendations made in the Royal Commission's final report. Superannuation fund trustees are set to be banned from treating employers in efforts to be ...