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KiwiSaver, NZ Super Fund architect remembered

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... Minister Jacinda Ardern saying the nation is "so much the richer, in every sense of the word" for his life. In 2001, as Finance Minister, Cullen led the establishment of the NZ Super Fund and the KiwiSaver scheme. "His contribution to New Zealand's long-term ...

Advised clients 5.2% better off

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
The help of a financial adviser has been able to boost a client's portfolio by 5.2% per annum, according to new research. The fourth annual Russell Investments Value of an Adviser Report found that advisers' biggest contribution to clients is their ...

Financial services market skyrockets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
... trillion last financial year to a total of $10.9 trillion at June end, research shows. The latest Roy Morgan Banking and Finance Report showed the increase was larger than the last three years combined. Over the three-year period from June 2017 to June ...

New equities LIC heads for the ASX

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... LIC's board will includes Statewide Super independent chair Ken Williams, who has over 30 years of experience in corporate finance, and Richard Wilson, who is currently a non-executive director at ASX-listed Titomic, AusTin Mining and Thomson Resources. ...

Economic recap: Week to August 13

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
The Delta variant and its seeming immunity to lockdowns and extended lockdowns continue to dominate attention in Australia. Last week, the state of New South Wales (NSW) announced stricter and broader (into regions) of restrictions; the Australian Capital ...

Booming market for financial services jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... According to Kaizen Recruitment, which specialises in financial services, lockdowns have not cooled a hot job market for finance professionals. The recruitment firm said positive momentum from the first quarter of 2021 only accelerated into the second ...

Alceon launches retail fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... between residential construction, residential land and residential completed stock. The largest holdings are Blacktown land finance and Marina Mirage both at $10 million and each accounting for 30% of the fund. "In search for alternative solutions, institutional ...

BT Panorama down for a week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... with any one platform and this will now form a bedrock policy to our funds management policy from now on." Health and Finance Integrated chief executive William Johns was also left frustrated by the outage. "The markets have moved; markets don't ...

Westpac sells life insurance unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... partnering with TAL." In the last year, Westpac has also ditched its lenders mortgage insurance, Westpac Pacific, auto finance and New Zealand life insurance businesses, and separated its general insurance and vendor finance businesses.

Apex expands APAC team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... based in Singapore. He joins from Blackstone's corporate services affiliate, Revantage Asia, where he was head of finance. Prior to that, Kharel spent three years at JLL in Sydney and Singapore and was most recently regional client transition lead ...