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Mercer names strategic relationships lead

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
Former BT head of investment specialists John Allmey is now Mercer's strategic relationship leader within the investment business. Allmey, based in Sydney, reports to Mercer Pacific head of wealth management Luke Fitzgerald. The appointment follows ...

BT, Striver partner to tackle adviser shortage

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
BT and Striver have launched a program which aims to tackle the financial advice industry's talent shortage, using a tech-based human resources platform and guiding new entrants towards the profession. The program includes more than 20 events across ...

ASIC cans Binance AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
ASIC cancelled the financial services licence of Binance following concerns about the cryptocurrency exchange's operations in Australia. Effective April 6, the AFSL of Oztures Trading, which trades as Binance Australia Derivatives, was cancelled. From ...

Digital advice association in the works

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
A new industry association founded by four digital advice providers has been initiated to support the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) proposed reforms and serve as a united voice before government. The founding members and representatives of the body ...

Mercer Super names key executives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
Following the merger with BT Super, Mercer Super has a new chief investment officer and a personal super and member experience lead. Corrin Collocott has been named chief investment officer, Mercer Super and Multi-Sector. He will also play a deputy ...

Maple-Brown Abbott relaunches sustainable fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
The fund manager has repositioned the Maple-Brown Abbott Responsible Investment Fund and relaunched it as the Maple-Brown Abbott Australian Sustainable Future Fund. The changes include updates to the screening process that look to ensure all portfolio ...

Linchpin, Endeavour directors found guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
The Federal Court has determined that four current and former directors of the now defunct Linchpin Capital Group and Endeavour Securities breached their duties and didn't serve investors' best interests. The court found that, between 2015 and ...

Jones releases Your Future, Your Super review outcomes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
The federal government has released the outcomes of its review into the Your Future, Your Super laws, flagging among many findings, that it will "fine-tune" the performance test and extend the performance period to 10 years. Starting with the highly ...

Mantis Funds wins new distribution mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023
Mantis Funds has teamed up with UK-based Atlantic House to launch the Atlantic House Defined Returns Fund in Australia later this quarter. As a part of a deal, and in conjunction with Equity Trustees as responsible entity, Atlantic House will build ...

Industry fund tops performance tables

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023
Active Super has topped the list for best performing workplace MySuper option in the three years to February end, with a 7.1% per annum return. Mine Super High Growth and TelstraSuper Corporate Plus came in second, tying with returns of 6.9% p.a. followed ...