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AMP Capital acquires stake in desalination plant

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
AMP Capital has reached financial close to acquire a 5.2% stake in the Victorian Desalination Project (VDP) from Pacific Partnerships. Funded by the AMP Capital Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF), VDP was delivered as a public private partnership ...

Cooper defends BT life insurance figures

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper has defended BT's life insurance arm after it was revealed the 37% TPD denial rate highlighted in ASIC's industry review came from his company. Last week, ASIC came out with its review of life insurance ...

Super reforms finalised by year's end

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
Treasurer Scott Morrison is adamant the government's wave of superannuation reforms will be introduced to parliament by the end of 2016. Morrison released the third tranche of reforms on Friday and said the legislative amendments better target superannuation ...

Oil's rally could slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
They were priced at US$26.01 and US$26.91 with Standard Chartered Bank even going on record predicting that prices could drop to US$10 before "money managers in the market conceded that matters had gone too far". These were the price of a barrel of ...

Professional standards legislation reaches parliament

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
The federal government confirmed it will introduce legislation this year to mandate professional standards for financial advisers. As previously revealed, the reforms will include compulsory education requirements for existing and new financial advisers ...

Advisers see fintech as tool not threat

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
More financial advisers are embracing fintech as a tool to enhance services rather than seeing it as threat to their livelihood. The new report from the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) aims to start a global conversation around the implications ...

NSW Medical Devices Fund grants $8.6m

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Two Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association member companies have received part of the $8.6 million in funding from the NSW Government's Medical Devices Fund to bring new treatments and technologies to the market. University backed ...

VicSuper appoints product manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
VicSuper has appointed a new product manager to help tackle the retirement income conundrum. Amanda Hoffman joins VicSuper from Industry Fund Services, where she was a senior product manager. Before that she held senior roles at Orchard Funds Management ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
US export and import prices The Fed's view that the negative impact of import prices on consumer price inflation would be easing appears to be in the money with the latest import price index showing continued improvement. Though less than the expected ...

Reduced contribution cap hurts women, self-employed workers: SMSFA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said a reduced concessional contribution cap will disproportionately affect older workers, in particular women and those who are self-employed. Following the release of SMSF Association/Rice Warner research ...