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Priced out: Advice affordability at risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... remove trailing commissions from the industry has not given due weighting to the fact that commissions act as a vital funding mechanism for Australians who cannot afford to pay high fees to access financial advice." Connect Financial Services chief executive ...

Whitehelm launches infrastructure fund locally

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... with a Dutch pension fund service provider to launch a Smart City Infrastructure Fund with about $400 million in seed funding.

AFA Foundation headed for milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... everyone is aware of Lifeline, the suicide prevention charity often cannot answer up to 20% of calls because of lack of funding. The AFA Foundation's charity partners this year are Rural Aid, MS Research and the Carly Ryan Foundation. The Carly Ryan ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... growth slows, according to Bloomberg News. GIC and Silver Lake will lend more money to Ancestry.com which will go towards funding a special dividend, the report said, adding that the investors are also looking for an extra distribution before year end. ...

Byres warns not to spread APRA too thin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... Economics on Friday, APRA deputy chair John Lonsdale reiterated the prudential regulator's view that it requires more funding to ensure it remains an effective regulator. "APRA has been clear from the outset that we support all of the panel's ...

Super fund invests in disability housing

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... Brightlight Real Estate Impact Fund, hoping to help meet the demand for disability housing estimated to be worth $6 billion. The funding will help build 25 disability homes in New South Wales, South East Queensland and Victoria. The impact fund will ...

Former adviser cops 20-year prison sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... to pay earlier investors with funds received from new investors. The rest of the money was used for personal benefit, funding Bennett's lavish lifestyle. Among other things, Bennett used the money to pay a website operator to arrange for priests in India ...

Shorting doesn't have to be risky: Solaris

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... quiet achievers, the unsung heroes that go alright." He explained that the two shorting techniques Solaris favours are funding and pair straights, saying: "They produce a great increase to our alpha without having the commensurate increase in risk." ...

APRA endorses review recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... Government's support in others. To effectively implement some of the more difficult recommendations requires additional funding or legislative and/or policy changes, APRA said. In light of overhauling its organisational structure, APRA said it has ...

Reform implementation timeframe too short: AustralianSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... allow members losing cover to make an informed decision - including sending text messages to unresponsive members, part-funding an industry-wide ASFA awareness campaign, and "significantly" increasing staffing at its contact centre - AustralianSuper ...