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Mixed results at Bjelke-Peterson estate sale

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
A Lloyds auction of the estate of controversial former Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Peterson produced mixed results. One of the big ticket items was a piece of paraphernalia from 1969, when the astronauts who landed on the moon toured the world attending ...

Hostplus exec jumps to First State

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
Hostplus' executive manager, client relationships and business growth has departed the fund to take up a new position at First State Super. Hostplus confirmed that Helen Wood, executive manager, client relationships and business growth has recently ...

PPS Mutual bolsters distribution

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
Mutual insurance firm PPS Mutual appointed a senior business development manager in an effort to strengthen its distribution efforts in Queensland. PPS Mutual has appointed Arthur Tang as a senior business development manager in Queensland, reporting ...

Is a market turning point around the corner?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
Antipodes Partners investment boss Jacob Mitchell believes less popular stocks might soon outperform the market's current winners. Current market cap concentration, and market breadth in the S&P500 might signal a turning point for less popular, lower ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
A new report ranking US public pension funds by their ability to pay future benefits suggests several will likely go insolvent as a result of COVID-19. The issues facing public pension funds in the US are widely known, and while it's not clear how ...

State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... make the changes from July 1, for both the hedged and unhedged versions of the State Street International Equities Trust. Ast at April end, the trusts had six6 tobacco securities and five5 controversial weapons securities, accounting for 0.88% and 0.69% ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
News that the Australian economy may be opening sooner than previously thought saw the S&P/ASX 200 surge on Monday, with investors buying into heavily sold-off sectors. Today, markets have dropped on fears of a second wave, with news of fresh cases ...

Industry fund redeploys executives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
An industry superannuation fund has shuffled the roles of two of its senior management, elevating one to its executive line-up. Christian Super has moved its chief member officer Nathan Buttigieg into the role of chief - operations and product. As of ...

How PYS changes caused 34% premium hikes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... 26% across the industry. At the high end of the spectrum, insurance premiums for WA Super members rose by as much as 60% l ast year, following a review by group insurer TAL, in another premium increase put down to the PYS changes.

Count Financial adds tech integrations

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Count Financial has launched a series of back-end tech integrations to improve adviser efficiencies and deliver better experiences for clients. The new integrations have helped save the licensee thousands of man-hours. Countplus chief executive and ...