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Most influential financial advisers revealed in FS Power50

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... 'influential' as individuals who have been, or continue to be, instrumental in shaping the future of the financial advice industry. It's become clear in recent years just how seriously the advice community takes the Power50 - they want to ...

AustralianSuper bids farewell to retirement chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... maintained a member first approach in his various roles," Schroder said. "Through his role at AustralianSuper and via various industry events and engagements Shawn has changed the way people view the retirement landscape in Australia." He added that ...

GROW Inc. chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... its focus to administration; the superannuation product was closed in 2022. GROW Inc. has also set its sights on other industry verticals, including the ETF registry space. It has since amassed several super funds as clients, including Vanguard, HESTA ...

Cbus names chief strategy officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
Former Industry Super Australia chief Bernie Dean will permanently lead strategy and corporate affairs at the $94 billion Cbus. The industry stalwart has been appointed chief strategy officer after acting in the role since July 2024. In welcoming his ...

Industry fund merger finalised; seven board exits confirmed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
The merger between industry funds CareSuper and Spirit Super was officially signed, sealed, and delivered today, creating a $53 billion super fund. The newly combined fund, which operates under the banner of CareSuper, will, as previously revealed ...

Retail super funds spend big on advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
Retail superannuation offerings from AMP, Macquarie, and HUB24 spend big on external financial advisers, while industry funds prefer to invest in their own advisers and intra-fund advice, new APRA data reveals. APRA's recently published data based ...

BlackRock partners to build $1.5bn life sciences platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... driven by increased government and infrastructure spend, as well as the existing capability of Australian universities, industry and innovation clusters." "As Australia enjoys significant runway for growth similar to trends seen in the UK and US markets ...

Super complaints rise in FY24: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... AFCA said. "This reflects the positive impact of enhanced education standards and increased professionalism within the industry, leading to fewer disputes." Despite the overall downward trend in advice complaints, inappropriate advice was the most complained ...

Cbus implements senior redundancies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
Cbus has made several senior staff redundant in pursuit of its growth strategy. The $94 billion industry fund has let go of its head of compliance, acting head of brand and marketing, head of marketing, communications, and insights, head of strategy ...

Cole puts funds on notice as expenditure data is revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... unreasonable". "It is ingrained in the best financial interests duty, and, more fundamentally, a basic requirement of an industry created to help members build savings for their retirement," she said. "Broadly speaking, many trustees are compliant with ...