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CBA adds $32m to advice remediation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... million, which was agreed upon by both parties. CountPlus paid the bank $2.5 million to purchase Count Financial, finalising the sale at the end of August 2019. On 30 July 2020, CountPlus and CBA had entered into an agreement to increase the limit of ...

More flexibility for retirees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... contributions of up to $300,000 per person into their superannuation. Downsizer contributions are able to be made after the sale of a person's principal place of residence, after it has been held for a minimum of 10 years. The change is aimed at ...

Investors greenlight LIC to ETF conversion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Unitholders in the Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) yesterday voted in favour of converting the LIC to a listed open-ended fund. The Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) last year initiated the process to convert from the closed-ended structure ...

FTSE Russell adds to local team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
A former lead of HESTA's responsible investment team has joined FTSE Russell as its head of sustainable investment for Australia and New Zealand, alongside another hires. In the newly created role, Jo Saleeba will be responsible for FTSE Russell's sustainable ...

APRA approves MLC super takeover

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... of a controlling stake in an RSE license. IOOF agreed to buy MLC Wealth for $1.44 billion last year, with NAB saying the sale was in line with its strategic objective of simplifying the bank's structure. The transaction will turn IOOF into the largest ...

MAX finalists named, voting open

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
The finalists for the 16th annual Financial Standard MAX Awards have been announced, with voting now open until May 30. The Financial Standard MAX Awards highlight individuals, teams and organisations in the financial services industry excelling in ...

Farmland value grows in all states

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... guarantee that agriculture as an industry will continually prosper." Australian Farmland Values has tracked every farmland sale for the last 26 years. The report drew on 263,000 transactions across 315.9 million hectares of land with a combined value ...

BetaShares opens NZ office, makes hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
The exchange traded fund provider has established its first office in Auckland, New Zealand and has appointed a director to manage its adviser and institutional business across the ditch. The exchange-traded fund provider has established its first office ...

Russell adds to senior leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
Russell Investments has named a longstanding Goldman Sachs managing director as its global chief investment officer and appointed a president from Morgan Stanley to oversee sales and support. Kate El-Hillow spent over 16 years at Goldman Sachs Asset ...

Iress hires former dealer group chief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Iress has hired the former chief executive of Financial Services Partners at IOOF to a newly created senior role. Geoff Kellett has stepped into the position of head of commercial operations, a newly created role at Iress. He departed IOOF at the end ...