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HESTA launches Future Planner tool

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
HESTA has launched a digital tool to improve the accessibility of financial advice to its members, many of whom may experience barriers accessing conventional services provided by the broader industry. Since going live eight weeks ago, more than 60,000 ...

Sunsuper ESG expert in new global role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... sustainability at the Singapore investment firm, effective 10 January 2022. He has worked in ESG at Sunsuper for the past decade, first as ESG manager and most recently as head of responsible investment. Prior, he served as chief executive of the Australian ...

ASIC bolsters leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
The corporate regulator is adding an executive director of operations, chief financial officer and chief people officer. Announcing the appointments today, ASIC said they are intended to strengthen its capability and effectiveness. Joining in January ...

Melinda Howes bids farewell to BT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Melinda Howes has finished up as managing director of superannuation at BT, having spent the better part of two decades with the company. Howes departed BT last week for personal reasons, the company confirmed. It is understood Howes has been on carer's ...

New role for Abrdn fixed income head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... a boutique wealth manager. Drummond Capital Partners has hired Garreth Innes, who departed Abrdn in May after almost a decade with the firm. Innes will join Drummond Capital Partners in February as portfolio manager for the firm's multi-asset portfolios ...

AIOFP blasts 'elitist' young advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) has criticised 'elitist young financial advisers' for opposing Labor's suggestion older financial advisers shouldn't have to complete a university degree. Last week at the AIOFP's ...

Labor promises to recognise adviser experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
Labor promises it will dump educational requirements for financial advisers with over a decade's experience if it comes to power. Shadow minister for financial services Stephen Jones said such advisers with a clean record will not be required to ...

ASIC sues ANZ in final civil RC case

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
The big four bank is being sued by the regulator for failing to provide some of the benefits promised to customers who hold offset transaction accounts or 'Breakfree' packages in conduct dating back more than two decades. In what is the last ...

ESSSuper chief executive joins MLC Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
After more than a decade in the role, the chief executive of ESSSuper has resigned to take on a key role with the life insurer as it restructures. Effective 3 January 2022, Mark Puli will exit the fund and take on the role of chief group insurance officer ...

Half of all super products cut fees: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... fees going up." Previous research by Rainmaker shows default MySuper fees have dropped to an average of 1%. In the last decade, super fees have fallen by a quarter, with about half of the action taking place in the last three years alone. Six in 10 default ...