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ASIC consults on consumer remediation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
ASIC has released a consultation paper to update the regulatory guide on client review and remediation conducted by financial advice licensees. Regulatory Guide 256: Client review and remediation conducted by advice licensees will be clarified through ...

Elanor healthcare fund continues expansion

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Elanor Investors Group has announced its fourth acquisition to the Elanor Healthcare Real Estate Fund (EHREF) with the purchase of a medical facility. The fund acquired a multi-tenanted medical facility in Rockingham, Western Australia for $22.9 million ...

Chief economist update: Australia is out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Team Australia has done it! There are still some naysayers but using the internationally-accepted and widely-used measure of a recession - two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth - Australia is technically out of it. The Australian Bureau of ...

Praemium develops relationship with US platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
The ASX-listed platforms business has added to its holding in an American platform for alternative funds. Qualis Capital's platform offers sophisticated investors funds in private equity, real estate, private debt and hedge funds. In May, Powerwrap ...

Life insurance performance plummets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
The life insurance industry has continued to take a hit to profit, with risk products reporting significant losses. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) latest quarterly life insurance performance statistics paint a bleak picture ...

FASEA reveals October exam results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
The majority of financial advisers who sat the most recent exam passed, according to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. FASEA has released the most recent exam statistics, which show 76% of advisers passed the October sitting. There ...

Should remote employees be paid less?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Over a quarter of US employers say they plan to pay employees based on the location of remote workers for all jobs in 2021. Willis Towers Watson surveyed 344 organisations in North America with 4.83 million employees between October 6 and 21. About ...

Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Australia's second largest super fund has managed to reduce the carbon footprint of its equities portfolio by 40%. The $130 billion industry fund (formerly First State Super) has created a series of new listed equities benchmarks that will support the ...

CFM fund to wind up

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
The French quant manager is shutting an Australian fund, after returns slipped into negative territory and fund size stagnates. The CFM Institutional Systematic Diversified used a multi-strategy quantitative approach to target positive returns over ...

Chief economist update: It's looking up for the land down under

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
It keeps getting better and better for Australia. Only yesterday, I penned about things bright and beautiful developing in Australia - its success over containing the second wave and the consequent relaxation of restrictions and re-opening of state ...