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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 ...

MFS appoints new country head

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
MFS Investment Management has appointed Josh Barton as managing director and head of Australia and New Zealand, replacing Marian Poirier. Barton is currently responsible for leading the firm's sales efforts involving institutional investors in Australia ...

Assembly launches second diversified fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
Assembly Funds Management (AFM) has initiated a limited first close of its second diversified real estate fund, ADPF2, aiming to capitalise on value add and special situations opportunities in the market. AFM's first fund, ADPF1, which has $350 million ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
ASIC has filed a suit against Active Super over greenwashing claims, alleging, among other charges, that the super fund was invested in Russian assets after the invasion of Ukraine while purporting otherwise to members. The markets regulator has commenced ...

AustralianSuper bungle underpays some Choice members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
A calculation error has forced AustralianSuper to remediate some of its members invested in its Australian Shares option about $2 million. The "credit rating error" affected members who are invested in the Australian Shares option only. "Between 2 June  ...

ASIC sues debt management firm, director

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
ASIC is suing a debt management firm and its director after it found only 5% of customers achieved a debt reduction and some payments made by customers were never even passed on to their creditors. ASIC has commenced proceedings in the federal court ...

Newmark Property REIT delivers mixed bag

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
Newmark Property REIT (NPR) has reported operating earnings of $14 million, while at the same time copping a loss of $8.9 million. The REIT's earnings were up 5.5% against the comparative period for the year ended June 30. It also revealed a statutory ...

Industry fund cuts insurance costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
An industry super fund has announced a reduction in weekly insurance premiums for death, terminal illness, TPD, and income protection cover. First Super reduced the weekly cost of its default insurance cover, prompted by fewer than expected claims in ...

Former advisers costs CBA $1.2bn in remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
Commonwealth Bank's $1.2 billion bad advice remediation bill represented a small fraction of its whopping $10.2 billion profit, the full-year financial results show. The total customer remediation amounted to a huge $2.6 billion in the 2023 financial ...

Vanguard reveals the premier asset class of the last 30 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
Vanguard has delivered a stark reminder of the resilience of long-term investing with its 22 nd annual Index Chart. Despite major global upheavals, including the COVID-pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the Global Financial Crisis, Australian ...