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First home super scheme may not make it to parliament in 2018

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
Bills to enact the First Home Super Savers Scheme, residential downsizing incentives, and a raft of additional superannuation and retirement policies announced following this years' Budget may not be introduced to Parliament before the end of the year. ...

FinaMetrica merges with global software provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
Australian-based risk specialist FinaMetrica has merged with a Canadian investment and financial planning software provider. Having already collaborated for more than a decade, Toronto-based PlanPlus and FinaMetrica, under the umbrella of PlanPlus Global ...

UniSuper brings investment option in-house

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
UniSuper, the $60 billion fund for Australia's higher education and research sector, is appointing an active strategy for its once passively managed environmental investment option. Under this important shift management of the Global Environmental Opportunities ...

ISA reappoints policy expert

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
Industry Super Australia is welcoming back a former head of government relations and policy, this time as a senior advisor. Ernst and Young director Nick Coates has re-joined ISA, and the industry lobby group described his appointment as integral to ...

First XTB 'Floater' model portfolio launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
The first model portfolio of exchange-traded bond units linked to floating rate notes is now available to Australian and Asian retail investors. Quantifeed and XTB have partnered to deliver the XTB Active Cash Australia model portfolio, meeting growing ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
"The Australian economy is evolving broadly as expected. The Bank's forecasts are little changed from those published in the May Statement on Monetary Policy. The economy is expected to grow at an annual rate of around 3% over the next couple of years ...

Environment to reshape real estate investment: LaSalle

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
New research from LaSalle Investment Management suggests environmental factors will have a significant impact on real estate investment portfolios in the future. LaSalle's report conceded that while most investors are unwilling to "sacrifice return ...

CBA faces anti-money laundering allegations

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
The Commonwealth Bank is potentially facing millions of dollars in civil penalties following allegations it did not comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism law. Financial intelligence and regulatory agency AUSTRAC has initiated Federal ...

Blue Sky partners for property investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
Blue Sky Private Real Estate entered into a joint venture to finance a 428-bed Adelaide student accommodation project. Working alongside Goldman Sachs and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) - the latter of which has committed debt finance of ...

Best practice drives Media Super appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
Media Super has expanded its leadership team with the addition of two superannuation experts. Joining as general manager, engagement is Jennifer McSpadden. She joins the $4.9 billion super fund from fintech SuperEd. Appointed in June, McSpadden replaces ...