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Australian Ethical, Christian Super merger finalised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... welcome more than 28,000 new members who want to invest ethically and look forward to communicating the benefits of increased scale to all super fund members which we'll be passing on as fee reductions," Australian Ethical chief executive John McMurdo ...

APRA urges entities to strengthen risk management

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
... always due to APRA's urging. "Risk transformation programs are becoming more common in regulated entities and vary in scope, scale and the businesses impacted," he explained. "The tough news is that research shows that 70% of risk transformations fail." ...

AFA, FPA merger in best interests

CASSANDRA BALDINI, CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... why this merger should happen," he said, adding that this alone should be reason enough. However, a secondary benefit is scale, Sharpe explained. "Scale to provide bigger events like the FPA Congress, scale to provide better CPD and education like our ...

Financial planning avatars are the future

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... Honestly, often it's just a personality mismatch," she said. "There are engineers out there already that can do that at scale and work out here is the planner, here are the best clients for this planner who work with who they will have the best level ...

HESTA commits $240m to build-to-rent pipeline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... consistency. SHP is seeking to address some of the traditional barriers to institutional investment in affordable housing at scale, partnering with affordable and sustainable housing developers and community housing providers, aggregating capital from ...

Affordable housing investments a win-win: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... the economy. However, despite the social and economic benefits of institutional investment in affordable housing, larger scale participation has been hampered by a lack of targets from states, territories, and local councils. "Institutional investors ...

New rules on the way for BNPL sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
The government is looking to implement stricter regulation for the buy now, pay later industry, releasing an options paper for consultation. According to minister for financial services Stephen Jones, the number of active BNPL accounts grew from five ...

Natixis takes on Investors Mutual distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... enhanced distribution platform will provide additional resources for institutional, wholesale and retail clients, as well as scale benefits, Natixis said. Natixis acquired a majority stake in IML in 2017. The changes come as IML founder Anton Tagliaferro ...

AustralianSuper shakes up executive team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... opportunities of the future. The focus of the executive changes is to ensure the fund can deliver simplicity and quality at a global scale, he said. "AustralianSuper is committed to generating strong long-term performance for members and these appointments ...

APRA proposes changes to successor fund transfers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... best ways for trustees to improve outcomes for their members is through a merger that delivers the benefits of increased scale, or by transferring them to a better performing fund," Cole said. "The transfer process itself, however, isn't always straight-forward ...