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ART names advice and education leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... 2019. Previously, he worked in senior growth, relationship, and business development roles at Rest Industry Super, ING Australia and, most recently, Media Super. In 2023, he joined the boards of Sunsuper Financial Services and QInvest. As for Poole ...

Count upgrades synergy benefits after Diverger acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... possible by how the business approached the integration. "Following the acquisition, Count cemented its position as one of Australia's leading integrated accounting and wealth services providers with over 500 accountants and 550 financial advisers in ...

ASIC issues warning over scammers using fake AFSLs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
ASIC has issued a fresh warning over the increase in the sophistication of fake bond and term deposit scams. ASIC said scammers are impersonating little-known legitimate financial services businesses, often those without a website or digital footprint. ...

Rainmaker Information names research head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... research and data teams, as well as those of parent company ISS STOXX. Ramrakha brings more than 30 years' experience in Australia's financial services industry, most recently as director, manager selection at Morningstar Australia, a role he held for ...

Mercer rolls out new corporate super plan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... pool that includes 2.5 million micro businesses with one to 20 employees, and 65,000 SMEs with 20 to 200 employees in Australia. "There are more than 2.5 million businesses in Australia grappling with increasing superannuation-related compliance requirements. ...

Australian Retirement Trust applies new investment exclusion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
From July 1, Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will add thermal coal to its list of exclusions. ART currently applies three exclusions when directly investing in Australian and international share asset classes across all its investment options, being ...

Former Diverger managing director joins VBP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... generational change for their clients and, over the last decade, it has become an invaluable business partner to some of Australia's best advice businesses." Jacobsen said he is looking forward to the new role, saying he believes VBP's proposition is ...

Insignia FUM grows by $11bn, completes platform migration

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
Insignia Financial saw funds under management increase by $11.7 billion (up 3.9%) to $312.3 billion as at March 31, and has completed the migration of MLC Wrap to Expand. Total net outflows for the quarter were $1.7 billion, largely reflecting the transitory ...

Global X launches new gold ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
Global X has launched the Global X Gold Bullion ETF (ASX: GXLD), expanding the company's range of gold-backed products. GXLD will complement Global X's flagship product, Global X Physical Gold (ASX: GOLD), to provide investors more choice in selecting ...

Super for housing 'economically reckless': SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... property price surge and cost future taxpayers billions in higher pension costs. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said it was disappointed to see the superannuation system being treated as a "political football" in the lead-up ...