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Milliman practice lead resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
The long-serving practice lead for Milliman has left after more than 16 years with the firm. Wade Matterson's tenure at the consultancy firm ended in December 2020, which for the most part was spent as practice leader. He joined Milliman in November ...

MySuper performance recovers, hits record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
Default superannuation funds have fully recovered from COVID-induced losses, yet underperformance within the asset classes remains rife, according to new Rainmaker data. Rainmaker's November 2020 MySuper index has reached a record high, bouncing ...

FASEA exam results for November 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
FASEA has released exam results from the ninth Financial Advisers Exam held in November 2020, all financial advisers in Australia have until January 2022 to complete the exam. Just 11,241 advisers have passed the FASEA exams held to date - representing ...

ASIC to review impact of ASX outage

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
In 2021, ASIC will review how market participants adapted to the ASX's outage in November, and if they and the ASX violated their market operating licences. On November 16 at 10:24 am, ASX halted trading on ASX Trade after switching to new systems ...

Jail time for tax adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
The Federal Court has sentenced a tax adviser to seven and a half months in prison and fined him $640,000. Brisbane-based Kent Scott Hacker will spend Christmas behind bars after receiving the seven and a half months sentence. He, and his related companies ...

Advice firm merges with boutique

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
A national advice firm has merged with a Victoria-based firm as part of a growth push. Apt Wealth Partners has announced it has merged with Unified Financial Services, led by Michelle Tate-Lovery, as part of its growth strategy. Apt Wealth Partners ...

Lonsec increases allocation to Talaria

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
Lonsec Investment Solutions increased its investment in the Talaria Global Equity Fund. The new allocation will impact Lonsec's retirement model portfolios. The allocations are across their conservative, balanced and growth portfolios. "The Lonsec retirement ...

First Super adds to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
The chief executive of an industry association will First Super's board, replacing former director and co-chair Lisa Marty. Dean Brakell will join First Super's board, commencing 1 January 2021. Brakell is chief executive of the Australian Cabinet & ...

CountPlus firm completes tuck in acquisition

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group has continued to carry out its extensive growth strategy with one of its member firms completing a tuck-in acquisition of a separate member firm. Perth-based member firm Bentleys WA Pty Ltd has finalised terms ...

Industry fund called out over board diversity initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
The industry superannuation fund with the highest percentage of women membership has been called out for not prioritising board diversity initiatives in the companies it invests in. Rest, with 1.8 million members of which 60% are women, was grilled ...