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Aware Super builds out BTR portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... Real Estate chief executive Michelle McNally said: "This site ticks every box for us. It's a highly desirable location, a short walk from key transport services including Green Square Station, and it's close to other important urban infrastructure and ...

Highest paid industry super executives revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... remuneration, including incentive-based pay, constituted 22.4% or $6.4 million. Variable remuneration was also weighted towards short term incentives, with 19 of the 25 executives receiving them. Despite lagging chief investment officers on total pay ...

Insignia Financial names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... institutional wealth at MLC/NAB Wealth, which is now part of Insignia. Hartley was most recently chief executive of AMP's short-lived Australian Wealth Management business, which was dissolved into the wider business in May last year. Just months ...

SMSF scammers charged with criminal offences

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... role in upholding the integrity and confidence of the SMSF sector. ASIC will continue to take action where conduct falls short," she said.

ASIC to tighten grip on super fund misdemeanours

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... retirement outcomes and sufficiently balance risk. However, some recent enforcement actions demonstrate the sector is falling short in this regard. Court highlighted that ASIC commenced civil penalty proceedings against the trustee of AustralianSuper ...

Equity Trustees adds more super fund clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
Equity Trustees has bolstered its books further, taking over as trustee of two more retail super funds. Equity Trustees' superannuation trustee business has been appointed trustee of ClearView Retirement Plan, while also adding Guild Super to its lineup ...

ETFs reigned supreme in 2023: Superhero

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... top five traded ETFs leveraged. These were the Vanguard S&P 500 (VOO), ProShares UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ), ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ), ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas (BOIL), and Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X (SOXL). "ETFs are always ...

Perennial Partners names institutional sales director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
Perennial Partners has appointed Abdul Elhage as an institutional sales director, hiring from BNP Paribas Asset Management where he had a similar role. Elhage has worked in the financial services industry for more than 20 years. Before joining Perennial ...

ASIC makes adviser exam changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... consultation that wrapped up on January 10. ASIC has now also updated the relevant guidance. The exam will no longer feature short answer questions, only multiple-choice questions. The requirement to limit exam participation to new financial advisers ...

Real asset cycle likely to return: Dexus

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... be positive for A-REIT pricing in 2024. "While a slowing in the economy is a consideration for occupier activity in the short term, a forecast fall in interest rates in FY25 is expected to be a major positive for real asset valuation as investors factor ...