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QIC appoints chief investment officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... superannuation funds in Queensland, has provided a significant pool of capital that we manage and forms part of a state-based finance sector that leads nationally and globally significant investments." In June, Frawley announced his intention to retire ...

Wayne Swan to chair Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... to play a part in helping them get there." Swan was federal treasurer during the Global Financial Crisis, and was named Finance Minister of the Year in 2011 thanks to Australia's successful response to the crisis. He also acknowledged outgoing Cbus ...

Lockdowns see uptick in advice seekers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... advisers, psychologists and more to assist with divorce and separation. It revealed a 55% increase in requests for support to finance a separation, a 48% increase in requests for financial advice and a 90% increase in requests for legal advice on separation. ...

Financial adviser levy to drop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... Treasury will also review the ASIC Industry Funding Model, commencing in 2022, in consultation with the Department of Finance and ASIC. Responding to the news, Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Dante De Gori said the news was ...

BNZ chief executive moves back to NAB

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
The big four bank appointed the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) chief executive to group chief digital, data & analytics officer and named her replacement. Angela Mentis will report to NAB Group chief executive Ross McEwan and will deliver digital products ...

ClearView offloads advice unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
ClearView is divesting its financial advice business for $15.2 million to another ASX-listed firm. Centrepoint Alliance will acquire ClearView subsidiaries ClearView Financial Advice (CFA), Matrix Planning Solutions and LaVista Licensee Solutions. The ...

KiwiSaver, NZ Super Fund architect remembered

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... Minister Jacinda Ardern saying the nation is "so much the richer, in every sense of the word" for his life. In 2001, as Finance Minister, Cullen led the establishment of the NZ Super Fund and the KiwiSaver scheme. "His contribution to New Zealand's long-term ...

Advised clients 5.2% better off

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
The help of a financial adviser has been able to boost a client's portfolio by 5.2% per annum, according to new research. The fourth annual Russell Investments Value of an Adviser Report found that advisers' biggest contribution to clients is their ...

Financial services market skyrockets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
... trillion last financial year to a total of $10.9 trillion at June end, research shows. The latest Roy Morgan Banking and Finance Report showed the increase was larger than the last three years combined. Over the three-year period from June 2017 to June ...

New equities LIC heads for the ASX

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... LIC's board will includes Statewide Super independent chair Ken Williams, who has over 30 years of experience in corporate finance, and Richard Wilson, who is currently a non-executive director at ASX-listed Titomic, AusTin Mining and Thomson Resources. ...