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Statewide warns of cold calls to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
Statewide Super has warned community members about financial services organisations making unsolicited phone calls, offering high-cost financial advice and unrealistic return promises. The caution comes after one of its long-term members received an ...

How to attract high net worth clients

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... advisers will have to communicate their authentic and compassionate understanding - whether it is for a social cause, the community or the environment.

Equity Trustees wins investment mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... been appointed as investment manager and philanthropic consultant for a not-for-profit health organisation. Bendigo Community Health Services (BCHS) provides free or affordable healthcare services to communities in the Bendigo region. It relies on funding ...

Financial sector has deep pockets for philanthropy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... $100 million. Macquarie Group gave $20 million via its foundation, while Woodside Energy set up a $10 million COVID-19 community fund. As for the devasting bushfires that wreaked havoc in 2019-20, some 113 companies gave $145 million in total. The big ...

Ares backs out of AMP bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... Ferrari said 2020 was a tough year across the world and COVID-19 had a huge impact on its clients, workplaces and broader community. "Volatility in markets and economic downturn impacted the investments and financial security of many Australians and ...

Sydney firm launches new venture capital fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... a number of talented health professionals and am seeing continuous deal-flow of innovations coming from the medical community. This shouldn't come as a great surprise given our best and brightest have been going into medicine but what has changed is ...

Centrepoint to roll out advice tech

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... will greatly benefit financial advisers, and we are delighted to be working with them so that the Centrepoint Alliance community will be one of the first to access the benefits of Intelliflo's open architecture." Investment manager Invesco acquired Intelliflo ...

APRA commends super funds on tough year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... accountability and improving cyber resilience. "These areas reflected an expansion of expectations by government and the broader community of APRA's role, particularly with respect to a greater focus on non-financial risk and the behaviour of those in ...

Aware expands affordable housing portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... development in Melbourne, are underway. Both initiatives are supported by real estate fund manager Altis Property Partners and community affordable housing provider Evolve and real estate agency Echo. The super fund's other affordable-housing investments ...

Wage subsidy needed for new entrants: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... million in 2019/20. "We observe that more is spent by ASIC on the oversight of financial advice than any other regulated community that ASIC oversees and question the rationale for this, particularly when the number of financial advisers is declining ...