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Selfwealth expands leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
The platform welcomed a chief experience officer, chief technology officer, and head of marketing and communication. Selfwealth said it is investing in new talent, adding to its leadership in a demonstration of its commitment to driving innovation and ...

ASFA Retirement Standard hits record high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... fruit and vegetables, fuel and electricity - begin to ease." The ASFA Standard covers everyday expenses like health, communication, clothing, and household goods. It accounts for community expectations and changing lifestyle spending habits. "The cost ...

Aware Super appoints member strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
The $170 billion Aware Super has appointed a new lead for member strategy who previously worked at AustralianSuper. Chris Cramond took on the newly created role of head of member strategy on March 4, overseeing member experience, data and insights ...

Annuities too expensive for most retirees: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
Analysis shows an annuity that pays an income equivalent to the Age Pension would cost a retiree more than $500,000. In researching whether annuities could solve superannuation's need for better retirement income stream solutions, Rainmaker Information ...

GBST upgrades WealthConnect platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... raising costs. "This supports compliance practice and minimises interaction oversight to improve accuracy in client communication and disclosure consent," GBST said. GBST head of APAC Jeff Hall said the company is committed to advancing its advice solutions ...

Copia seals distribution partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
Copia Investment Partners has won a partnership with HSBC Asset Management to distribute a strategy to retail investors. Copia will make the HSBC Global Infrastructure Equity Fund available to retail investors after it was launched to the institutional ...

ESSSuper welcomes strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
ESSSuper, the fund for emergency services and Victorian government employees, has hired a former UniSuper staffer as head of strategy and insights. Rosalyn deVries is taking up a senior leadership position that will be pivotal in shaping the asset owner's ...

How advisers protect themselves from 'rogue' clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... delegates on day three of the SMSF Association Conference in Brisbane that this involves reassessing their client communication tools. "Because this is setting you up to potentially to walk [away from the client relationship] but it's particularly setting ...

ASIC waves red flag at advisers, trustees over Choice products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... said. "While trustees communicate a lot of performance information to members, we saw little evidence of targeted communication about underperformance or highlighting how an investment option had performed relative to its return objective in the PDS." ...

Aware Super restructures executive team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
Aware Super will execute an executive reorganisation, adding an expanded chief operating officer role. Ex-HESTA chief financial officer Sally Collins will become the new chief operating officer of Aware Super, starting April 15. Incumbent chief operating ...