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ASIC takes Statewide Super to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... members impacted and remediate them. In July last year Statewide chief executive Tony D'Alessandro told Financial Standard the fund had overhauled its risk management processes since appointing chief risk officer Jason Muir in May 2020. Muir's ...

Rest hires from NGS Super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... from AMP where she held a number of roles over six years. A Rest spokesperson confirmed the appointment to Financial Standard saying Jose brings a wealth of experience to the role. "Mel has more than 20 years' experience in the superannuation industry ...

US upbeat on stimulus, vaccination

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... trillion stimulus plan proposed by President Joe Biden in February will have a critical role to play. Spence told Financial Standard 's annual Chief Economists Forum via video link that the US economy will be highly dependent on the stimulus to see it ...

Australian recovery has been outstanding: La Trobe Financial

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
Attendees of the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum in Sydney have been reassured that Australia's economic recovery has not just been good - it's been very good. That's according to La Trobe Financial chief investment officer and ...

Venture capital firm in data breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
A US venture capital firm that recently won a mandate with the Future Fund is the subject of a cybersecurity breach that involved a phishing scam. Sequoia Capital informed investors last week that sensitive information has been accessed by a third party. ...

Industry fund ups life insurance premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... increasing premiums in the last 12 months, a trend that is expected to continue throughout 2021; a recent poll of Financial Standard readers found 85% expect group premiums to continue going up. LUCRF Super has also updated its TPD definitions, reducing ...

Senator calls for super funds to stop shorting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... protecting the interests of their members. It is a heinous practice, and it should be abolished." Last year, Financial Standard reported that Sunsuper was adding a long/short manager to its Australian equities allocation after previously being only invested ...

Aware Super rejigs MySuper option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... birthday, as per current asset allocation levels. Aware Super group executive, member growth Peter Chun told Financial Standard that, historically, Aware has used a much more simplistic approach but now it wants to create a smoother path in de-risking ...

ACCC merger reforms may impact super industry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... the forward-looking merger test has become a reason for clearing mergers." An ACCC spokesperson confirmed to Financial Standard that not only does the ACCC have the power to prevent mergers in the superannuation sector, but it can do so even if super ...

Remains of Melissa Caddick found

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... registered or qualified, and was providing financial services without an AFSL. A spokesperson for ASIC told Financial Standard that despite today's announcement that remains have been identified, its investigation into Caddick and her company will continue. ...