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Remembering Helen Hewett

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
The superannuation industry is mourning the loss of one of its biggest advocates for female representation and mental health following the former Cbus chief executive's passing this week. Remembered as an astute leader and visionary of the super ...

Cbus, Media Super set merger date

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
Media Super has confirmed the two funds will merge on April 9 and that its members will see their administration and investment fees increase slightly in return for a more comprehensive offering. In an update to members, Media Super said its merger ...

Hostplus and Maritime Super explore merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
Hostplus and Maritime Super have signed a memorandum of understanding, entering into merger discussions. The funds have an existing partnership, Maritime Super entered into a strategic outsourcing arrangement by moving the management of its investment ...

WealthO2, ROAR and NEO merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
Managed accounts platform WealthO2 has merged with financial planning software firm ROAR Software and wealth platform software specialist NEO. Wealth02 chief executive Andrew Whelan said the merger will significantly grow the business. "The coming together ...

Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
Global pension fund assets have doubled in the last decade, with Australia's pension assets growing by 11.6% in 2021 and seeing it described as "the most successful pensions market". The latest Global Pension Assets Study from Willis Towers Watson's ...

AustralianSuper to grow external mandates, hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
The nation's largest superannuation fund plans to appoint more external managers, including looking to hand out its first mandates for Japanese and Indian markets specialists. It has also hired from Frontier and VFMC as it grows the team responsible ...

NAB tops bad advice compensation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
The National Australia Bank's bad advice compensation bill has hit more than $1.2 billion - the highest liability among the major financial institutions. While NAB Financial Planning and NAB Private Wealth have remediated most of this amount with ...

Sequoia makes three appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
Sequoia Financial Group announced the appointment of three executives to bolster its national advice network. Barry Strapps has joined as regional manager for South Australia and Western Australia. He joined InterPrac last year and prior to that worked ...

Skill shortages hitting advice firms hard

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
The financial advice sector is facing a shortage of skills, forcing firms to change how they do things to attract talent. Profusion divisional director Chris Gordon said he has observed a skilled staff shortage in advice, particularly for client service ...

Mine unions pressure funds over Rio

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
Mining unions are applying pressure to super funds over alleged bullying and harassment at Rio Tinto revealed in a recent report. The Western Mine Workers' Alliance (WMWA), an agreement between the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) and the Mining and ...