Industry Updates

First stage of AMP Capital sale complete

AMP has announced a $337 million deal will be completed at the end of the week which will see the real estate and domestic infrastructure equity business be sold to Dexus Funds Management.

Novigi to be out source provider for Mercer’s Wollongong tech services

Specialist data and technology services provider Novigi will be the outsourcer for Mercer’s Wollongong business.

Aware Super restructures investment team

Aware Super has restructured its investment team in line with its strategy to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns for its members and manage $250 billion FUM by 2026.

Jones avoiding ‘heroic claims’ red tape reduction will improve advice access

Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones has laid out a vision for streamlining advice regulation, but there is still the apprehension that savings on the cost of advice will not be passed on to consumers, and practices will not be willing to take on more clients to close the advice gap.

Practifi appoints co-founder as CEO

Performance optimisation platform Practifi has appointed Adrian Johnstone as CEO, succeeding his co-founder Glenn Elliott.

ASIC issues interim stop orders on three BT funds

ASIC has made interim stop orders preventing BT’s Advance Asset Management from offering or distributing three funds to retail investors because of non-compliant Target Market Determinations.

ASIC grants reissue relief for pre-DDO life products

ASIC has provided conditional relief for life insurers from the Design and Distribution Obligations when reissuing life insurance policies in “certain, limited circumstances”.

Counter-offers are not a long-term retention strategy: Recruiters

While it might be a necessity to match an offer an employee has received from another company, it’s not always enough to keep them around beyond the short term. One recruiter has noticed it has become commonplace for such employees to move on within a couple of years.

Australians support super tax hike, expect more changes: CoreData

Research reveals two-thirds of Australians support an increase in the tax on earnings of super funds with account balances of more than $3 million.

Agriculture sustainability assurance program launched in Australia

Leading Harvest, a non-profit organisation founded in the US, launches its industry-leading program in Australia to implement a world-first sustainability assurance program to help harmonise sustainability reporting across crops and regions.

Northleaf selects Equity Trustees for custody role

Private markets investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners has selected Equity Trustees as the trustee and custodian of its senior private credit fund, NSPC AUD Investor Trust.

The 2 best things I’ve done to improve my business

Whether it's inflation in the economy or inflation in regulatory fees, the cost to give advice is only climbing. However, some advice practices have found success streamlining certain processes in their businesses.

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