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AFCA secures $900m in compensation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... industry to help it improve practices A Treasury-led review found AFCA was "performing well in a difficult operating environment and a changing regulatory landscape." This year it introduced a new funding model that has been welcomed for its fair, user-pays ...

DWS names country head of real estate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... estate is displaying stable fundamentals despite the ongoing economic headwinds globally and rising interest rate environment. "We will continue to seek opportunities in all sectors across Australian main capital cities with a particular interest in ...

Colonial First State launches sustainable growth fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
Colonial First State (CFS) says its new sustainable growth fund has been designed to remove barriers to investing sustainably. The product, Thrive+, was developed after CFS commissioned a study of nearly 5000 Australians and found that of the respondents ...

Mercer recruits from Hostplus

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... risk and compliance management, particularly as the firm enters the next phase of growth. "The changing regulatory environment, and indeed the changing nature of our industry, only highlights the increasing importance of robust risk and compliance practices," ...

Altis Property Partners secures $600m

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... backing from "two top-tier global institutional investors." "In a post-COVID, post low-interest rate underwriting environment, the ongoing re-pricing of the various real estate sectors provides a great opportunity to procure $1.2 billion-plus of quality ...

State Super welcomes former Deloitte partner to board

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... the right skills and experience at a time where we are seeing increasingly complex challenges in the superannuation environment."

BetaShares unveils interest rate hedged bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... investors exposure to this core asset class in a way that reduces interest rate risk - an important consideration in an environment where inflation and interest rates are front of mind for investors and their advisers." Vynokur added that Betashares' ...

Factor investors increase allocations: Invesco

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... Factor Investing Study has revealed that respondents expect factor-based strategies to outperform in an inflationary environment with slow economic growth. The study, based on interviews with 151 institutional and retail factor practitioners managing ...

Life after legalsuper: Proebstl

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... superannuation industry. Proebstl foresees big opportunities for funds to differentiate themselves and succeed in an environment where they are forced to manage more and more while experiencing significant pressures on fees. The longstanding executive ...

Super fund with highest customer satisfaction named

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... performance of the ASX 200 which has declined over 15% from its peak. She added that the market faces a challenging environment going into 2023, with the latest CPI figures showing Australian inflation hitting 7.3%. Meanwhile, as previously reported ...