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Treasury mulls transfer balance credit provision reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
The government is consulting on changes to provisions afforded to super fund members with a capped defined benefit income stream to ensure they are not negatively impacted in the event of a merger. Under current legislation, when a super fund merges ...

Suncorp sells NZ life business to Resolution Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
Resolution Life has acquired Asteron Life New Zealand for NZ$410 million. Resolution Life will buy the business from Suncorp Group. In doing so, it will become the second largest life insurer in New Zealand, with about 165 employees and a network of ...

Aware Super chair named governor-general

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
... Stewart confirmed Mostyn would step down from her role as chair following her appointment. "We wholeheartedly congratulate Sam on her appointment as only the second woman to hold the office of Governor-General. Sam is an exceptional leader with deep ...

Wealth firm gears up to change administrator

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
Acclaim Wealth is preparing to conduct a data migration for its AMG Super Personal Pension Division next week, involving approximately 6000 members with funds under management of $1.6 billion. The migration will move these members from an old FNZ technology ...

Evolution of investment operations spurs new recruitment trends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
With demand for experienced investment operations talent outstripping supply, local employers are increasingly looking offshore for candidates with end-to-end skillsets. It's also impacting salaries. According to insights from Kaizen Recruitment, investment ...

Australian private capital industry surges 33%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
Australia's private capital market has grown 33% over the past 18 months, with assets under management (AUM) now reaching $139 billion. Preqin and the Australian Investment Council released the 2024 Australian Private Capital Market Yearbook which tracks ...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman dies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and author, has died aged 90. Kahneman was an Israeli American psychologist whose research into human behaviour upended economics. Kahneman's research demonstrated humans would often abandon logic and ...

BlackRock's Fink signals a tough road ahead for future retirees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
In his annual letter to investors, BlackRock chair and chief executive Larry Fink said providing people a secure, well-earned retirement is much more challenging now that it was 30 years ago, and it will be "much harder" in the future. As such, Fink ...

Allianz Retire+ names wealth management distribution chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
Allianz Retire+ has appointed Brendon Rodda to the role of chief distribution officer for wealth management. Rodda most recently oversaw the global wealth management distribution strategy at PIMCO as executive vice president. Allianz and PIMCO joined ...

AvSuper prepares members for merger, fee changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
AvSuper provided further updates on its merger with Australian Retirement Trust (ART), flagging to members that they will likely see investment, administration, and insurance fees increase. AvSuper will join the $280 billion ART with its 2.3 million ...