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First Super adds to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... Marty has made a significant contribution to the strategic direction of the fund and member outcomes. Marty was the fund's first female co-chair in 2016 and has chaired the administration and marketing committee during her directorship. "Lisa has made ...

Hume promoted to cabinet

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
The assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology has been promoted to ministry in an expanded role that will see her take on responsibility for the digital economy. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Jane Hume ...

Woman allegedly left out of will because she was born by artificial insemination

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... defined her as a step-child because she was conceived through artificial insemination. She was born to Robert Smorgon's first wife. Robert Smorgon died in September 2019. It is thought that the Smorgon family fortune is in the realm of $2 or even ...

FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
Of the almost 3500 stories penned this year, these are the stories the Financial Standard team feels defined 2020. The Financial Standard editorial team has written 3484 stories so far in 2020. It wasn't always easy either. Like most of you, we ...

Cashwerkz appoints chair for Fund Income

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
Cashwerkz has appointed a chair for its Fund Income business, as its first pick of Fortlake Asset Management hits $300 million in assets. Peter Coad will be a non-executive chair for Fund Income in addition to the previously-announced risk committee ...

Retail fund ups premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
A retail superannuation fund will increase premiums on income protection policies from 2021. Living Super, ING's super offering, will up income protection premiums by 23% from 8 January 2021. "Our focus is to provide a great value product with competitive ...

How far are we from a trillion-dollar super fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
AustralianSuper's total assets ticked up to $200 billion, after a record-new 400,000 signups in FY20 and strong performance. As at November-end, it had over 2.3 million members from around 330,000 businesses, implying about 10% of Australia's ...

360 Capital raises bid for Evans Dixon

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
Tony Pitt's 360 Capital is back with a 13% higher offer for Evans and Partners shareholders, after its October 27 bid was rejected. 360 Capital is now offering the remaining shareholders of EPI 69 cents per share, split as 30 cents per EP1 share and ...

Kiwi firm rejects AustralianSuper takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
AustralianSuper's attempt to takeover a New Zealand infrastructure and renewable energy company for $5.1 billion has been rejected. The New Zealand stock exchange-listed Infratil (IFT) this morning rejected the bid, saying that the proposals are ...

Amazon Web Services expands Australian operations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will open a second infrastructure region in Australia next year, assisting the financial services industry to run applications and serve end users from data centres around the country. The AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region ...