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Vanguard Super hits $1bn, soft launches pension product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... confirmed. "We're thrilled with the start of superannuation, quite frankly... specifically focusing on that investment performance, it's great and it's validating of our approach. But we're not jumping up and down with excitement; it's ...

Super assets reach $3.7tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... Australians' nest egg jumped 10% to $3.7 trillion in the year to 2023 thanks to strong contributions and share market performance. The latest statistics from the prudential regulator show that APRA-regulated assets dominate the pool, growing 12% to $2.6 ...

US family office launches Australian arm

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... Wade as a great business to join Asena for several reasons. This included the quality of its investment team, the performance of their asset management business over the last decade, and the enduring nature of their client relationships. "As Australia's ...

MLC Life Insurance hires from Cbus

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... a proven track record of delivering customer experience by building strong teams, driving innovation, agility, and performance in diverse and complex environments," Griffin said. "Given the importance of technology in delivering our strategy that puts ...

Centrepoint Alliance targets further growth with new platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... preview of the platform's design came as Centrepoint delivered its interim results for 1H24. It flagged strong financial performance, with an 11% increase in normalised EBITDA of $4.1 million, driven by organic growth and the November acquisition of ...

Warren Buffet honours Charlie Munger in Berkshire shareholder letter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... candidates that are meaningful options for capital deployment." "All in all, we have no possibility of eye-popping performance," Buffet said. But Berkshire "should do a bit better" than the average American corporation and, more importantly, operate ...

Australian Ethical posts strong half-year result

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... billion, representing a 15% increase. This growth is credited to ongoing positive net flows and strong investment performance. Net flows were $259 million, up 39% from the previous period, fueled by superannuation net flows of $269 million. However ...

ESSSuper welcomes strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... deVries joins the $34 billion fund from Catholic Church Insurance, where she spent three years driving strategy and performance. Before that, she was with Club Assist Asia Pacific overseeing strategy and business planning as well as product engineering ...

ASIC waves red flag at advisers, trustees over Choice products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... underperforming product per trustee and then trustees were asked to identify their worst performing option based on performance parameters ASIC provided. Of the 29 options, 24 did not meet or exceed the benchmark disclosed in the relevant PDSs for five ...

Aussies do not underspend in retirement, say super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... information to them. The SMC also said a comprehensive retirement test should be introduced that measures investment performance, flexibility to access funds, and giving people control of the level of risk they want. Finally, the use of annuities for ...