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Brighter Super launches Retire Easy Pension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
... strategy. Outlining other elements of its new retirement income strategy, over the next two years Brighter Super plans to launch a Flexible Bucket Strategy Pension. This product is designed to reduce longevity risk, and will offer members and their advisers ...

Aviva exits Australia, shutters fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
Aviva Investors is shuttering its Australian office and moving operations offshore as it also terminates its strategy, the Multi-Strategy (AIMS) Target Return Fund. Aviva told investors that it has "recently made the decision to close the investment ...

GigSuper goes into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
GigSuper, the superannuation fund designed for the self-employed, has entered voluntary liquidation. GigSuper launched in 2017 in the hope of helping those working in the gig economy save better for retirement. It partnered with the likes of Deliveroo ...

ASIC calls out sloppy adviser data

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... AFSLs are not ensuring the contact details of their financial advisers are up to date. From August 1, ASIC said it will launch a compliance program to ensure that the information recorded on the FAR about approved qualifications is correct and will consider ...

AIA Australia releases new member insurance portal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
AIA Australia has launched a new member insurance portal that enables group insurance customers to track their claims throughout the lifecycle. The portal promises real-time updates on claim statuses. It also offers features such as instant document ...

New boutique launches private debt fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
Nero Private - a newly established boutique non-bank credit firm - has launched its first private debt fund, aimed at supporting Australian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) while offering investors stable returns. Nero Private invests in credit-vetted ...

Australian Retirement Trust acquires major stake in industrial estate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
Mirvac finalised the sale of the Aspect South Industrial precinct in Sydney to the Mirvac Industrial Venture (MIV), with Australian Retirement Trust (ART) acquiring a 49% interest, bringing its total expected value to $1 billion. Last June, Mirvac and ...

ETF price war heats up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
Leading exchange-traded product (ETP) investment managers - Vanguard, Betashares, BlackRock, and VanEck - which command about 70% of the Australian market, reduced their asset-weighted fees by 8% in the 12 months to March, according to Rainmaker Information. ...

Partners Group launches private infra fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
Partners Group will launch a new private markets fund for local high-net-worth investors. The new private infrastructure fund is an Australian unit trust based on the Partners Group Next Generation Infrastructure strategy, which recently launched in ...

Coller Capital hires former J.P. MAM executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... diversification and risk mitigation that secondaries afford," he said. Coller recently received regulatory approval to launch its first Luxembourg domiciled SICAV fund or an open-ended investment company, Coller International Secondaries Private Equity ...