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Challenger Life books record annuity sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
Challenger Life reaped the benefits of regulatory reforms in the 2023 financial year and a greying population as retail and institutional investors alike increasingly turn to retirement income products. Annuity sales stemming from the domestic retail ...

Pacific Equity Partners finances reverse mortgage lender

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) will finance Household Capital, a reverse mortgage lender, to address the retirement funding and housing needs of senior Australians. PEP is investing in a financing layer of Household Capital's funding structure, alongside ...

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 ...

BT names platform strategy lead

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2023
Following Westpac's decision to retain and invest in its platforms business, Russell Brinckley will return to the business as its head of platform strategy and development. Brinckley spent over 20 years at BT before moving to FNZ Australia in March ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
ASIC has filed a suit against Active Super over greenwashing claims, alleging, among other charges, that the super fund was invested in Russian assets after the invasion of Ukraine while purporting otherwise to members. The markets regulator has commenced ...

ISPT to use SS&C performance measurement tool

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) has implemented global software provider SS&C Sylvan (SS&C) for performance measurement and attribution. SS&C will now automate ISPT's data ingestion while simultaneously calculating capital and income returns ...

ASIC sues debt management firm, director

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
ASIC is suing a debt management firm and its director after it found only 5% of customers achieved a debt reduction and some payments made by customers were never even passed on to their creditors. ASIC has commenced proceedings in the federal court ...

Industry fund cuts insurance costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
An industry super fund has announced a reduction in weekly insurance premiums for death, terminal illness, TPD, and income protection cover. First Super reduced the weekly cost of its default insurance cover, prompted by fewer than expected claims in ...

Ignition poaches from Bravura Solutions

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
Former Bravura Solutions head of portfolio solutions Darren Speirs is set to become Ignition Advice's new business development director for Asia Pacific. Speirs brings over 25 years' experience in the Australian wealth management industry, the last ...

Banking sector fears propel family offices towards metals

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
Family offices across the globe are increasingly investing in metals as concerns of banking sector instability grows, according to a new study by Tresor Gold. The research was conducted in April among 100 metals and mining investors working for sovereign ...