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Grattan Institute renews calls for best-in-show super funds, partial annuitisation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
The Grattan Institute is urging the government to mandate the partial annuitisation of Australians' superannuation and implement the 'best-in-show' list of funds to help simplify a "complex" system and allow retirees to spend their savings ...

MA Financial readies first LIT for launch

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
MA Financial will soon launch its first listed investment trust (LIT), the MA Credit Income Trust (ASX:MA1). MA Financial has so far secured $171 million in commitments for MA1, which is expected to launch on the ASX on March 5. The fund is set to offer ...

Insignia grants CC Capital limited due diligence

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
Insignia Financial has granted CC Capital Partners a limited period of access for the provision of due diligence after it received a revised takeover offer last week. On January 17, Insignia received a revised non-binding and indicative proposal from ...

CC Capital outbids Bain again, increases Insignia offer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
CC Capital Partners has topped the most recent bid by Bain Capital to acquire Insignia Financial, lobbing a fresh offer of $4.60 per share. Bain Capital first made a move for Insignia Financial in early December, making an offer of $4 per share that ...

Why more women aren't in financial services

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
Financial services firms are pushing to hire more women, with only 36% of roles currently held by women in the sector, according to new data from Robert Walters. But while they want more women in their ranks, a spokesperson for Robert Walters said one ...

Former AIA executive finds new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Former AIA Australia head of retail and partnerships Sam Tremethick has landed at NMG Consulting as a partner responsible for data analytics and insights in Australia and New Zealand. In the new role, Tremethick will focus on life and health insurance ...

Dexus opts to shutter Asian REIT fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Dexus is terminating its Asian REIT Fund after it diminished in size. Dexus Asset Management (DXAM) made the decision last month to terminate the Dexus Asian REIT Fund by late March. It said the fund has reduced in size in recent years and is not expected ...

Bell Financial expects revenues, profits to rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Bell Financial Group (BFG) has said it expects to report an increase in full-year revenue and profit, ahead of its results announcement in February. The broker forecast that full-year revenues will rise 12% to $276 million (FY23: $247 million). It also ...

CEFC invests $100m into affordable housing strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Canberra's green bank has invested $100 million in AXA Investment Managers Alternatives' build-to-rent strategy providing affordable homes for essential workers. The investment brings the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) total commitment to residential ...

TPB welcomes stay of sanctions against disqualified agents

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
The Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) has declined to stay or suspend sanctions imposed by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) against disqualified tax agents in three separate cases. All three cases relate to misconduct on the part of tax agents ...