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Altis Property Partners secures $600m

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
The Australian real estate investment manager secured equity commitments of $600 million from global investors for its real estate strategies. The capital secured across two Altis funds, AREEP4 and AIF1, will go toward developing local core real estate ...

Advisers, non-relevant providers will not compete: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
Financial advisers won't be competing with non-relevant providers to provide advice as they're occupying different worlds and serving different needs, Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy says. Speaking to Financial Standard for an upcoming ...

Durack returns to Schroders

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
The global investment firm announced several senior leadership appointments in its Asia Pacific business, including the return of Chris Durack in a key role. After a 17-year tenure, Schroders Asia Pacific chief executive Susan Soh will retire from the ...

Praemium expands executive team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2022
Praemium has added a chief strategy officer to its leadership team as it looks to capitalise on current market opportunities. Denis Orrock has taken on the role. Most recently he was at FNZ Group where he was head of capital markets. Prior, he held ...

Collimate deal nearly over the line

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2022
Dexus and AMP have confirmed that 'significant progress' has been made towards satisfying all conditions precedent for the transaction of Collimate Capital. The regulatory approval processes associated with both sales are ongoing, with the result that ...

ANZ to pay $42m in insurance lawsuit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
ANZ has agreed to pay $42 million to settle a class action regarding consumer credit insurance (CCI) products. Commonwealth Bank has also reached a settlement for a similar matter. Slater and Gordon filed the class action against ANZ, OnePath Life ...

Former Courtenay House director pleads guilty

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
Former Courtenay House Companies director Tony Iervasi has pleaded guilty to conducting a $180 million Ponzi scheme. Iervasi, who tricked 585 investors into falling for one of the nation's biggest Ponzi schemes, appeared yesterday in the Downing ...

Equipsuper investment chief on re-energising his team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
In anticipation of a recession, Equipsuper chief investment officer Andrew Howard says the revamp is the culmination of a six-month drive to get the right people in place. Providing an update to Industry Moves, Howard says he's confident the fund ...

Federal Reserve raises rates 0.75%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
The US Federal Reserve has raised its policy interest rate by 75 basis points, flagging ongoing increases will be necessary to bring inflation down to target. Following the central bank's decision, the federal funds rate benchmark sits between 3.75% ...

QAR leaves insurance commissions alone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
A new paper from the Quality of Advice Review recommends life insurance commissions be retained, but additional disclosure rules be introduced to ensure clients consent to the payments. In August, the first proposals paper from the Quality of Advice ...