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Aware Super, VISSF merger to proceed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... husband's bank account". Later renamed to VISSF, the fund has about $900 million in funds under management and is currently home to about 6700 members. Today, around 75% of members are female teachers. Aware Super chief executive Deanne Stewart said ...

ID_Land expands into funds management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
Property developer ID_Land announced it is getting into private funds management, targeting Australia's high-net-worths. The company has launched Title Capital, a capital raising and funds management arm that will offer direct investment opportunities ...

Commonwealth FP under review, partially offloaded

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... the Hollard Group. The sale agreement includes a 15-year strategic alliance that provides Hollard with the distribution of home and motor insurance products to CBA's retail customers. CBA will continue to earn income on these products. It also includes ...

Fintechs settle legal stoush

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... questions are the same except that the pronoun changes from my/mine to you/your. Astute found a similar pattern in the employed, home duties and unemployed sections of the survey. It also alleges that the rating questions and scores are similar.

Finfluencers ensnare female Millennials

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... movement reflects a new trend of Millennials trusting online sources to make significant life decisions like buying a first home, investing in shares for the first time or re-assessing the best superannuation options. "Finfluencers are stepping in where ...

Advisers overlook home equity release strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
Financial advisers are shunning home equity release or reverse mortgage strategies that could potentially benefit retiree clients, according to new research. Regtech Fourth Line and retiree financial services provider Pension Boost looked at the Statement ...

Sydney world's strongest luxury real estate market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... "Households accrued a total of over US$5 trillion globally in savings during lockdown, enabling some homeowners to undertake home improvements but others have opted to relocate, upsize, downsize or buy a second home/investment property." There are headwinds ...

Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The Delta variant that's doing the rounds in Greater Sydney crossed the Victorian border last week - prompting a five-day lockdown in the state at about the same time that NSW imposed tighter restrictions. Previous to this and conducted "through ...

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... business-related reasons but that was essentially the main one." He wants to travel but expects Australia instead of Canada to be home. After his last day at UniSuper in early September, O'Sullivan plans to go to non-executive roles and more "25-hour" ...

Demand soars for global equities ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... proving to be an efficient way for investors to gain access to global investment opportunities, while at the same time reducing home country bias and further diversifying portfolios. Some 41% of Vanguard's total ETF inflows came from ETFs in the ...