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Colonial First State settles super class action for $56.3m

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
Colonial First State has settled a class action brought on behalf of approximately 100,000 super fund members who were allegedly rorted on fees. The class action alleged that CFS deliberately delayed transferring super fund members to the cheaper MySuper ...

Practice valuations to normalise: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
Financial advice practice valuations are expected to regulate this year and will continue to trade at a premium, so long as financing terms remain favourable. That's the prediction of Centurion Market Makers, outlined in its 2022 Practice Acquisition ...

ASIC consults on refreshing PDSs, FSGs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
ASIC has opened consultations on remaking the relief contained in product disclosure statements and financial services guides. Under Consultation Paper 358 Remaking ASIC relief on PDSs, superannuation dashboards and FSGs, the corporate regulator is ...

Emerald City becomes hot spot for investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
CBRE's latest APAC Investor Intentions survey has revealed that Sydney is now the fourth most preferred destination for APAC cross-border investment. The survey, which covers all asset types, found that most investors (60%) intend to make more acquisitions ...

Pallas Capital markets new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
Pallas Capital has introduced a new short term fund that will invest in real estate assets in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The Pallas Short Term Fund is a mortgage loan warehouse facility with a minimum investment term of six months and offers investors ...

AAT downgrades adviser banning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
A former financial adviser who copped an eight-year ban early this year will now serve a shorter banning order. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal reduced Lisa Lee's banning to six years. Her appeal to the AAT heard that she "accepted that what she ...

What super funds should know about Gen Z

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
New research from industry super fund NGS Super has revealed what Gen Z wants from a super fund and their attitudes to saving and investing. According to the research, 73% of Gen Z participants said the pandemic encouraged them to save more, 31% said ...

Most shorted companies on ASX: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
Australia's most shorted listed companies include several mining and resources companies along with Crown Resorts and accounting software firm Xero. That's according to new analysis from US-based researcher Fintel. It reported that as of October 31 ...

Joining the 1% around the world: Analysis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
New analysis reveals that Australians would have to work 66 years and five months to join the country's wealthiest 1%, while Chinese workers would need more than 101 years in the workforce to join China's 1%. In a stark illustration of wealth inequality ...

Scariest themes for investors revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
A new survey from Citi has revealed what fund managers, chief executives and chief financial officers across Australia and New Zealand are most concerned about. Stagflation, China's slowdown and a global energy crunch were top of mind for over 1500 ...