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Women less confident to retire: Vanguard

CHLOE WALKER | THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023

A study of over 1800 working and retired Australians has revealed a stark difference in confidence levels when it comes to how men and women plan for retirement. According to Vanguard's How Australia Retires study, almost half of Australian women do ...

Platinum AM chief executive steps down

CASSANDRA BALDINI | THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023

Platinum Asset Management chief executive Andrew Clifford has announced he will vacate the top job but remain as co-chief investment officer. The board confirmed it will shortly commence the hunt for Platinum's next chief and said Clifford will ...

Earnings, profits down at Charter Hall

CHLOE WALKER | MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023

The fund manager has reported operating earnings of $441.2 million for FY23, down about $100 million from the year prior. Its statutory profit after tax was $196.1 million, down a significant 78.5% on the previous year. Full year distributions totaled ...

DB Results launches policy admin system

CHLOE WALKER | MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023

The tech company has developed the first cloud-native, low-code policy administration system (PAS) for the life insurance sector. The regulator-approved solution aims to meet the exacting needs of the insurance sector and can be custom-designed for ...

Dexus reports $752.7m loss

CASSANDRA BALDINI | WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023

Reporting its annual results to the ASX, Dexus has taken a $752.7 million hit, primarily driven by unrealised valuation losses on its investment properties. In its FY23 results, Dexus disclosed that adjusted funds from operations stood at $555 million. ...

Retail investors ready to dive back in: Survey

CHLOE WALKER | WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023

Australian retail investors are looking for new investment opportunities, with half of respondents looking to increase the scale of their investments in the next year, according to Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) latest annual ...

Franklin Templeton launches alternatives fund in Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI | TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023

Franklin Templeton has launched its first alternatives fund in Australia, expanding access to the asset class for retail investors. The Franklin K2 Athena Fund primarily invests in uncorrelated risk premia strategies spanning various asset classes ...

First Sentier appoints head of institutional distribution

CASSANDRA BALDINI | MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023

First Sentier Investors has appointed Kevin Kandasamy as its head of institutional distribution for Australia and New Zealand with immediate effect. Kandasamy, who is Melbourne-based, will report to First Sentier managing director and head of distribution ...

AMP provisions $50m in response to class action

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023

Amid the Financial Adviser Class Action fallout, AMP has suspended its capital return, with a resolution expected by year-end. AMP has set aside a $50 million provision, reflecting its preliminary assessment of potential liabilities associated with ...

Former advisers costs CBA $1.2bn in remediation

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023

Commonwealth Bank's $1.2 billion bad advice remediation bill represented a small fraction of its whopping $10.2 billion profit, the full-year financial results show. The total customer remediation amounted to a huge $2.6 billion in the 2023 financial ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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