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TelstraSuper and Equip Super merger to go ahead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
TelstraSuper and Equip Super have confirmed their merger, with the boards signing a binding Heads of Agreement to proceed with a successor fund transfer and appointing key leadership roles. The agreement follows the announcement in September that the ...

Geopolitical tensions create investor opportunity: Franklin Templeton

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
Escalating geopolitical tensions around the world has made defense a critical focus for investors, according to a new paper from Franklin Templeton. These geopolitical pressures, comparable in impact to climate change, are now immediate, direct, and ...

Magellan launches third Vinva fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... between Vinva and Magellan," Magellan managing director Sophia Rahmani said. "It's the first time we've brought a long-short product to market, and our distribution team has witnessed a strong positive response from clients when explaining Vinva's investment ...

Prime Super refreshes executive lineup

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
After six months in the fund's top job, Raelene Seales has bolstered the executive leadership by hiring four new executives and promoting two staffers from within. Having reshaped Prime Super's operations and structure, her immediate priority ...

First Sentier makes leadership appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... plans, ensuring their interests are represented within the broader business. He will also oversee responsible investment, product management, investments business management, and our First Sentier Investors' branded investment teams based in Australia ...

'New class of advisers' need clear-cut distinction: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
Professional reputations could be harmed if the government does not distinctly delineate between its proposed new class of advisers (NCAs) and financial advisers, the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) warns in anticipation of the looming ...

Brighter Super makes fee, death benefit changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
Brighter Super is reducing administration fees from January 1, while also introducing a weekly account keeping fee. It's also changing the way death benefits are dealt with. Effective January, the annual percentage-based admin fee charged to Brighter ...

BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard sued over climate stance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
Texas and 10 other Republican-led states are suing BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard, saying their climate activism violated antitrust laws and caused reduced coal production and higher energy prices. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a case ...

Inconsistencies abound in Future Fund mandate change: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
Given its strong performance, the bar for making changes to the Future Fund's mandate should be set very high and Treasury's latest directive does not meet that threshold, Deloitte Access Economics says, adding they raise more questions than they answer. ...

ASIC flags regulatory guide updates for 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... the guides for: Regulatory Guide 53 The use of past performance in promotional material Regulatory Guide 168 Disclosure: Product Disclosure Statements (and other disclosure obligations) Regulatory Guide 181 Licensing: Managing conflicts of interest Regulatory ...