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$26 billion real estate group shuffles portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
Vicinity Centres is offloading about $1 billion of sub-regional and neighbourhood shopping centres, with a view to reinvest in opportunities that create better value for security holders. The recent portfolio reshuffle builds on the ASX-listed real ...

Super scorecard to shift consumer playing field

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
An independent think tank is launching a sustainable retirement scorecard as a self-assessment tool for superannuation funds to benchmark performance in managing members' retirement. The Committee for Sustainable Retirement Incomes (CSRI) is introducing ...

Chief economist update: Erdogan's Turkey is cooked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
I'm all for transparency but some discussions or disagreements are better resolved behind closed doors. Not for the limelight/spotlight-hogging president of the US. Donald Trump didn't take to Twitter this time, he penned an open letter to tell ...

Industry fund awards currency mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
A $55 billion profit-for-members fund has awarded a $350 million mandate to a global currency manager. Sunsuper awarded the active currency mandate to Record Currency Management, which the fund hopes will generate risk-adjusted returns using the manager's ...

Advisers struggling with SMSF diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Only one in five financial advisers consider clients' self-managed superannuation funds to be well diversified. The 2018 SMSF Insights Paper - a collaboration between Investment Trends, BT Financial Group and the SMSF Association - shows that despite ...

Morrison sharpens blockchain, AI agenda

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
Australia's open banking, blockchain and emerging fintech sector received a funding boost in last night's Budget, a move the Treasurer said will increase competition and create new jobs. Treasurer Scott Morrison said the funding boost will build on ...

BTFG reports first half earnings growth

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
Westpac's wealth management and insurance arm yielded $1.2 billion in revenue in the six months to 31 March 2018, an increase of 5% on 2H17. Overall BT Financial group added $404 million in cash earnings to Westpac Group's interim results, with the ...

OneVue appoints new Super Services COO from KPMG

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
OneVue's funds administration arm is welcoming a new chief operating officer. Melissa Gomes joins OneVue from KPMG, where she was associate director of superannuation advisory risk consulting. Prior to that, she held three roles at the Harwood Superannuation ...

Government names AFCA board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
Four industry figures, including a prominent Sydney financial planner, have been appointed to the board of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). The new members are Claire Mackay, Andrew Fairley, Erin Turner and Alan Wein. They join ...

Retirement income expert joins SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
The SMSF Association announced a superannuation and retirement income veteran will join its Public Policy Committee in an effort to institute strong policy settings in these areas. Challenger retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper will provide expertise ...