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FASEA to reword Standard 3

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has opened a round of consultation to amend the wording of Standard 3. Following concerns raised by the industry, FASEA is now asking stakeholders what they want the wording of Standard 3 to state ...

David Atkin to lead PRI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2021
The former Cbus chief has been appointed the new chief executive of the Principles for Responsible Investment, replacing Fiona Reynolds. David Atkin will take over as chief executive of the PRI on December 10, following Reynolds' decision to step ...

Westpac profit jumps 138%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
Westpac reported a whopping 138% jump in statutory profit to $5.5 billion in its full-year September 2021 results. The bank attributed the earnings jump to a combination of turning around impairment charges and growing its mortgages, institutional and ...

Sunsuper, QSuper merger legislation passes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
The legislation that will see the merger of Sunsuper and QSuper through was passed this week. The Superannuation (State Public Sector) (Scheme Amendment) Bill 2021 was passed by the Queensland Parliament on October 26, enabling the merger. The bill ...

Commonwealth Financial Planning to shutter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
Commonwealth Financial Planning is closing, Commonwealth Bank announced today. From today forward, Commonwealth FP cannot take on any new financial advice clients. Existing advisers and clients will have until November 30 to work out next steps, before ...

APRA appoints investment risk lead from TCorp

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
A former New South Wales Treasury Corp executive has joined the prudential regulator as head of investment risk. Geoff Stewart was appointed head of investment risk at APRA in September. Stewart recently finished up as TCorp's head of investment advisory ...

NAB adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
The big four bank appointed the former chief executive and founder of Vocus Communications as a non-executive director. James Spenceley founded Vocus Communications in 2007, which was recently acquired by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets for ...

What family offices want: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
KPMG Australia and The Table Club have produced a new report revealing how much growth family offices expect from investments and what they want from investment managers. The report found that the average wealth of an Australian family office is $1.12 ...

Real Asset Management to list REIT, makes hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
The wealth and asset manager is set to list its essential services REIT and has appointed the former MA Financial Group head of technology as chief technology officer. After first f lagging the listing in December last year, the firm will list the RAM ...

Ellerston to shutter Morphic ESG fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
Ellerston Capital will terminate the Morphic Global Opportunities Fund later this month as a result of dwindling funds under management. Investors were notified in December last year that an assessment of the fund's viability would take place this ...