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Jo Townsend named chief executive of NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... manager of investments and acting chief operating officer. Earlier in her career, she held investment roles at NGS Super, Retirement Benefits Fund, Value Capital Management and Rothschild Australia Asset Management. Williamson thanked Steed for her efforts ...

Platypus AM appoints new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
Platypus Asset Management has appointed a new chief executive following the retirement of Gary Adamson. Jelena Stevanovic, who joined Platypus as a senior equities analyst in 2008 before being appointed portfolio manager for Platypus' flagship equities ...

Allianz Retire+ names wealth management distribution chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... executive Adrian Stewart said Rodda further strengthens the wealth management capability and is responsible for leading the retirement specialist's distribution strategy for the wealth management arm of the business. "As an experienced leader within ...

Raiding super can worsen housing affordability: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... analysis from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) shows. The association said that "raiding" retirement savings to enter the property market would exacerbate the current state of inaccessibility and unaffordability for many. Since ...

New SMSF solution for Islamic Australians launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... super fund (SMSF) solution for members of the Australian Muslim community who want to invest in property for their retirement in a way that is compatible with their faith. Meezan Wealth Management founding director Rokibul Islam said the solution, which ...

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 ...

Deloitte eyes more mergers and product innovation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
Superannuation funds will be focused on ongoing merger activity and strengthening retirement strategies and product solutions in the next few years, according to Deloitte's Dynamics of the Australian Superannuation System report. The report forecasted ...

ART adds heavyweights to board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Australian Retirement Trust has welcomed a former Treasury official and former APRA deputy chair to its board. Martin Parkinson and Helen Rowell will sign up as non executive directors of Australia's second-largest asset owner early next month. ...

Industry funds set to gobble up over 50% of superannuation assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... demographic base, and the ability to invest capital in the development of new products that retain members through retirement. However, the report forecasts that SMSFs will lose market share in the next two decades. This is due to the older demographic ...

UK advisers told to review retirement advice processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Financial advisers in the UK are being asked to examine their processes when providing retirement income advice, following a thematic review that found some "are not even getting the basics right." The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) undertook the ...