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APRA delays insurance in super guidance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
The prudential regulator has released an updated draft guidance for insurance in superannuation as part of its consultation period, delaying the commencement date by six months. Several changes have been made the original document released in November ...

MTAA, Tasplan reveal new brand

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
MTAA Super and Tasplan will take on a new name on April 1, as their $23 billion merger completes. The combined fund will be called Spirit Super and have 326,000 members and lower administration fees. MTAA Super chief executive Leanne Turner, who will ...

Six Park launches ESG options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
Six Park has launched its first range of sustainable portfolios in partnership with a Melbourne-based financial advice firm. The online investment manager partnered with Summerhill Financial Services to deliver sustainable portfolio options to existing ...

Bell Financial Group profits up 44%

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
Bell Financial Group this morning said its net profit after tax for 2020 increased 44% to $46.7 million for the year ending December. The unaudited results precede the results announcement coming in February. Revenue increased 18% to $299 million. Earnings ...

Rice Warner weighs in on Your Future, Your Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
Rice Warner has made several recommendations to the Your Future, Your Super package of reforms that the government and superannuation industry should not overlook. Under the new stapling measure, Rice Warner has two areas of concern. The first is that ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine, the variant

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water." - Jaws About this time last year, the world was alerted - but only mildly alarmed - at yet another SARS-like disease spreading in Wuhan, China (the first confirmed case reported on December ...

Tasplan says goodbye to lifecycle MySuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
After four years of offering its MySuper option as a lifecycle product, Tasplan plans to switch back to single strategy citing higher costs among the reasons. The $11.5 billion superannuation fund is set for a merger with the $12.6 billion MTAA Super ...

Chief economist update: No pandemic on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
Pandemic? What pandemic? The S&P500 index the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 2020 at record highs despite the US topping the list of countries with most total cases of coronavirus infections (21.3 million or roughly 25% of the world's total) ...

360's plan for Evans Dixon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
360 Capital yesterday published details of plans for E&P Financial Group if its takeover attempt succeeds, including restructuring EP1 into two units and replacing its directors. 360 Capital yesterday filed a bidder's statement, following its revised ...

Northern Trust wins First Sentier mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
The $219 billion global manager has appointed Northern Trust for middle-office outsourcing services, after it separated from Commonwealth Bank. First Sentier Investors' middle-office functions were handled by CBA subsidiary Colonial First State ...