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GQG reports US$10.5bn increase in FUM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... in funds under management (FUM) from January 31 to February 29. The boutique fund manager's international equity strategy, its largest, moved from US$49.2 billion to $52.9 billion. Its emerging markets equity strategy FUM grew from US$35.1 billion ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. The initiative is part of the government's new national strategy for gender equality, Working for Women, and will be factored into the May federal budget. It's expected to cost about ...

Rest appoints general manager, product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
The industry superannuation fund is kicking off a product simplification strategy, promoting a lead from within. Scott Tully has been named general manager, product at Rest, having already acted in the role for five months. Prior, he was head of investment ...

Overhaul of TPD structure, pricing needed: MLC Life

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... women are particularly at risk, according to new research by MLC Life Insurance. The research, conducted by Freshwater Strategy for MLC Life, comprised 1025 Australians via an online interview. It found that while 22% of men have savings of less than ...

Aware Super appoints member strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
The $170 billion Aware Super has appointed a new lead for member strategy who previously worked at AustralianSuper. Chris Cramond took on the newly created role of head of member strategy on March 4, overseeing member experience, data and insights ...

EG to target intermediaries

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... and distribution. Prior to that, he spent seven years at Macquarie Group. "At the moment, we are building our product strategy for the next few years in private wealth," Weingarth said. Weingarth explained that the business was initially built off high-net-worths ...

More than 40% of women unprepared for retirement: CFS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... 25-29 would happily use their super to pay for financial advice. Of the women who do receive advice, 67% have a financial strategy in place, while just 24% of those who do not have an adviser do. Meanwhile, 61% who receive advice feel financially prepared ...

Best default super funds revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... at 8.5%, even amid Federal Court proceedings from ASIC over allegations of greenwashing. Aware Super's High Growth strategy and Hostplus' Balanced option also showed strong performance, recording returns of 8.4% and 8.2%, respectively, over the ...

Iress loses key wealth executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... chief but picked up the head of products job. Haqqani arrived from Bennelong Funds Management, where, as chief client strategy officer, she oversaw product development and management, regulatory affairs, and corporate sustainability. Earlier she spent ...

Senior equity manager exits Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... was promoted to senior portfolio manager of equities. In December 2022, Cbus made five new appointments as part of its strategy to bring investments in-house and build a strong internal investment capability. Weickart then stepped into a newly created ...