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Perennial Partners takes over Australian Unity fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... resources will continue to be committed to the management of the Fund to ensure that investment opportunities in the healthcare sector can be captured," Perennial Partners executive chair Anthony Patterson said. "In particular, with fund managers Victor ...

AMP launches alternative debt fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... Super Fund invested in the MySuper or Future Directions options range. The fund will be part of the Diversified Credit sector and will complement AMP's existing range of diversified investments, providing valuable exposure to private markets, AMP said. ...

UniSuper outage continues, no cause identified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... normal, with the next payment scheduled for May 15 and due in accounts by May 17. UniSuper has been criticised by the Finance Sector Union (FSU), which admonished the fund for announcing it would outsource certain functions to Capgemini and then allegedly ...

HESTA names chief financial officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
With 20 years of experience spanning the finance, healthcare and government sectors, Natalie Kelly was appointed finance chief after serving in an interim capacity since March. Kelly joined the $82 billion industry super fund after Sally Collins quit ...

FSC launches digital advice group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... a costly and burdensome regulatory framework." The robo-advice group builds on the FSC's expansion into the advice sector by adding six licensees to its network of members. "Independent research has shown that almost four million Australians say ...

UniSuper battles major system outage

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... they should take their super elsewhere. However, it isn't just members that are impacted. According to the Finance Sector Union (FSU), the fund has had trouble paying its staff accurately, if at all, as payroll systems are affected. In response ...

Macquarie Group profits falls 32% to $3.52bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
Macquarie Group has reported a net profit of $3.52 billion for the year ending 31 March 2024, a 32% decrease from the previous year. The firm's assets under management increased to $938.3 billion, up 7% from 31 March 2023, but primarily due to favourable ...

Rainmaker Information names research head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
Rainmaker Information will welcome Aman Ramrakha as executive director, research this month. Ramrakha will take over the role formerly held by Rainmaker Information co-founder Alex Dunnin, who retired from the company in March this year. Commencing ...

Treasury shakes up foreign investing framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
Treasury is promising to make Australia a better investment hub for foreigners as it lays out comprehensive reforms to make the system "stronger, more streamlined, and more transparent". Treasurer Jim Chalmers today released an updated foreign investment ...

Qantas Super boosts ag assets by $200m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... through investments in productivity via agricultural technology, data analysis, and transformational practice change. "The sector has a low correlation to other assets classes and has historically performed well in periods of high inflation. It has attractive ...