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Super fund board renewals need work: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole says there is "material scope" for improvement in super fund board renewal strategies. In a speech to the AIST Chairs Forum, Cole outlined the regulator's expectation of trustee boards, saying the issue of board governance ...

Barings establishes APAC real estate debt operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
Barings Real Estate Debt is now in Asia Pacific, with three new loans and plans for more. Barings has agreed a combined $259.3 million in loans in Australia, including $162.5 million to fund the construction of two purpose-built student accommodation ...

The challenge of articulating value of ongoing advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
A panel session at the FPA Professionals Congress in Sydney has heard of some of the challenges planners face in articulating the value of ongoing advice arrangements. On the panel was Personal Financial Services principal and founding director Angela ...

Affordable housing investments a win-win: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
A Frontier Advisors report ' Super in the Economy ' commissioned by ISA says that affordable housing's longer-term leases backed by government guarantee and low vacancy rates will deliver stable long-term returns that are resistant against ...

Property trusts hit with stop orders

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
MPG Funds Management Limited (MPG) has been banned from offering or distributing two of its property trusts to retail investors because of poor target market determinations (TMDs). The interim stop orders, implemented by ASIC, prohibit MPG from issuing ...

DWS names country head of real estate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
George Anastasiou will become the German asset management company's new head of real estate, Australia. Anastasiou brings over 11 years of industry experience, most recently as head of Australia at MEC Global Partners Asia, a member of the Mitsubishi ...

IFM Investors, UniSuper buy PRP stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
IFM Investors and UniSuper have acquired a majority interest in PRP Diagnostic Imaging. IFM Investors' Long Term Private Capital Fund and UniSuper entered a binding transaction with PRP, the first deal for the IFM fund. UniSuper is both an anchor investor ...

NAB to wind up custody business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
The big four bank has confirmed it will close NAB Asset Servicing, following years of mandate losses. The move comes as part of the bank's ongoing strategic review, having tried to offload the business for several years now. It will be wound up ...

Cost of retirement in lockstep with inflation: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the amount needed for a comfortable retirement has risen again in the September quarter. The ASFA Retirement Standard September quarter 2022 figures show that couples aged around ...

Mercer recruits from Hostplus

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
Mercer appointed its new chief risk and compliance officer in the Pacific region, Norlena Brouwer, who joins from Hostplus' executive team. She will commence the role in February next year and be responsible for delivering the firm's strategic priorities ...