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New chair for NZ Super Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... here and who we are working for. That is a responsibility we take very seriously," Williamson said. Meantime, New Zealand finance minister Nicola Willis said of Drayton: "During her time as chair, the NZ Super Fund continued to outperform its long-term ...

Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... of the financial services industry," he said at the time. For banks to enter advice, RMIT University senior lecturer in finance and program manager My Nguyen said that they can leverage their existing customer base, data, and technology to provide low-cost ...

Five megatrends shaping financial services: McCrindle

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
Demographic change, virtuous consumerism, the grandparent economy, AI acceleration, and social reconnection are the five megatrends shaping the future of SMSF and financial services businesses, according to McCrindle Research principal Mark McCrindle. ...

ANZ gets green light for Suncorp merger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... affordability will be significantly strengthened through dedicated investment as a pureplay insurance company," Johnston said. The Finance Sector Union (FSU) said it opposes the takeover. "The continual erosion of competition is bad for consumers and ...

Commonwealth Bank slapped with $10.3m fine for wage theft

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... its involvement in wage theft which led to $16 million in underpayments to over 7400 workers. The case emerged after the Finance Sector Union (FSU) uncovered the bank's systematic underpayments through individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs) ...

AIA adds to C-suite lineup

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... while Anna Livingston has been named chief people and culture officer. Turner boasts over 20 years of experience in senior finance leadership roles, most recently serving as executive director of central operations at the University of Sydney. She has ...

Conference to address major SMSF issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... tougher for setting up an SMSF," she said. "So, I'm watching that with concern. It is not SMSF specific but it's finance-sector specific." Another piece of regulation - non-arm's length expenses (NALE) and non-arm's length income (NALI) ...

Grok Ventures appoints new chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... sustainable fuels (Lydian), critical minerals (Fleet), sustainable food (Loam Bio, Asterix Foods), waste management (Goterra), finance and project developers (Brighte, SunCable, Solar Bay).

Aware Super restructures executive team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... and data governance, data strategy, investment operations, strategy, planning and delivery, transformation, as well as finance, tax, and procurement teams. An Aware Super statement said this alignment of critical, enterprise-supporting functions will ...

Australian Ethical, Infradebt to launch infrastructure debt fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
Australian Ethical and Mike Cannon-Brookes-backed Infradebt are launching a debt fund to finance renewable energy projects, alongside ventures in social infrastructure and property development. The infrastructure debt fund will provide capital to solar ...