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FEAL welcomes new board directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
The chief executives of Funds SA and BUSSQ have joined the board of the Fund Executives Association Ltd, replacing two long-serving directors. Effective July 1, Funds SA chief executive Jo Townsend and BUSSQ chief Damian Wills are now directors on the ...

Keep COVID-19 in perspective: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Geopolitical tensions took centre stage at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, with experts urging the audience to look at COVID-19 in greater context. Founder and owner of IBISWorld and the Ruthven Institute, Phil Ruthven showed the audience ...

Chief economist update: Powell said, Yellen said

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
The monetary and fiscal masters of the US of A fronted the Senate Banking Committee - as required under the March 2020 COVID-19 relief law - singing a rendition of Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World. In his testimony, Federal Reserve chair ...

Banks should pay advice exit levy: TAA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... and their clients to just keep paying ever-increasing costs for the sins of the past, largely committed by the big end of town, is unconscionable," Macdonald said. The TAA acknowledged that Treasury is responsible for the model that causes the levy hikes ...

Funds SA appoints director of asset allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
The $37 billion public sector investment manager has appointed a director of asset allocation, hiring from Tcorp. Brendan Hallett will be responsible for leading the asset allocation team and will be deeply involved in developing investment strategy ...

Countdown to FASEA exam deadline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) has issued a reminder to financial advisers that their time to sit and pass the exam is ticking by. There are just five exam sittings remaining for existing advisers to pass the exam. After ...

Woman allegedly left out of will because she was born by artificial insemination

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
One of Australia's richest families is locked in a legal dispute over their father's will, which left out a child conceived by artificial insemination. The case raises the question - are children born by sperm donors or artificial insemination ...

EQT wins custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... oversee its HomeCo Daily Needs REIT (HDN). HDN's portfolio includes retail property in New South Wales: Gregory Hills Town Centre in Sydney's south west and Glenmore Park Town Centre near Penrith. It is set to acquire Queensland-based Marsden ...

Former HESTA chair joins Assemble

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
Build-to-rent developer Assemble announced a newly formed board with a former HESTA chair appointed as independent chair. Two AustralianSuper executives have also joined the board. Angela Emslie will take on the role with the new-look board also comprising ...

Gwen Fletcher Award winner named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Jacob McCudden from Back to Back Financial Planners, an advice business based in the regional town of Young in New South Wales, took home the gong for semester two 2020. The Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award recognises the highest ...