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CalPERS adds chief equity officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... Company. CalPERS currently oversees the retirement savings of about two billion members. It is the largest defined benefit scheme in the US and its total market value currently sits at about $615 billion.

Soul Patts to acquire LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... Rob Millner, who chairs Soul Pattinson (SOL)'s board. The two companies hold shares in each other. SOL has entered a scheme of implementation with MLT to acquire all of its remaining shares for a total consideration of about $6 per MLT share via ...

CBA offloads general insurance arm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... Australia and CommInsure Life sent a letter to CommInsure policyholders to inform them of the intended transfer by way of a scheme under Part 9 of the Life Insurance Act The bank said it expects the ultimate completion of the divestment will occur via ...

Aware Super, MIRA acquisition progresses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... shareholder approval, court approval and the satisfaction or waiver of certain other customary conditions as outlined in the scheme implementation deed. The Vocus board continues to unanimously recommend its shareholders vote in favour of the scheme. ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... disproving earlier apprehensions that around 100K-150,000 Australians would lose employment after the government's JobKeeper scheme ended in March. My back of the envelope calculations shows that a total of 256,000 jobs have been created in the first ...

James Mawhinney files appeal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
Embattled Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney is maintaining his innocence, fighting his 20-year ban from soliciting and receiving funds in relation to financial products. Mawhinney has retained Roberts Gray Lawyers and has lodged an appeal with the ...

Aussies lose $328m to investment scams

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... to superannuation scams resulting in over $6.4 million in losses, mostly prompted by the early release of superannuation scheme. Worryingly, it appears that people find it increasingly difficult to identify legitimate investment opportunities from scams. ...

Premiums to increase at ESSSuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... to retail CommInsure policyholders to inform them that they would be transferred to an AIA plan in January. AIA said the scheme would not affect any policy terms and conditions, or how policyholders and customers do business with their insurer. In September ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... Note that the survey was taken after reports of delays in Australia's vaccine roll-outs and the end of the JobKeeper scheme at the end of March and before the Australian Federal Treasury's spending splurge announced in the 2021/22 Budget. This ...

BlackRock wins monumental mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... (£21.5 billion) of British Airways Pensions' assets. The mandate is for the investment management of Airways Pension Scheme (APS) and New Airways Pension Scheme (NAPS) which serve more than 85,000 members. Both APS and NAPs where previously managed ...