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Board departure at Sargon subsidiary

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... periods," the spokesperson said. "He then agreed a transition period with the chair, with his resignation taking effect on 25 February 2020. The company is grateful to Stephen for his contribution." Miller was a non-executive director on the boards for ...

AMP confirms executive hire

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
James Georgeson has been appointed to the position on a permanent basis, effective 3 February 2020. Georgeson was appointed acting chief financial officer after Moorhead decided not to take on the role from outgoing chief financial officer Gordon Lefevre. ...

Frydenberg takes RC super advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... of their introduction," Frydenberg said. Consultation on the exposure draft legislation is now open, and will close on February 28.

Ongoing fees, advice fees in super to be reformed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... implementation roadmap," Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said. This comes ahead of the one year anniversary of Hayne's final report on February 5. The draft legislation for recommendation 2.1 will enhance the existing ongoing fee arrangement provisions in ...

Former CFS GAM head in new venture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... volunteers to register with the project as well as a fundraising push. Altiorem has attracted $155,000 in seed funding since February 2019 from the Alerce Trust and Alistair Thompson. To reach the desired level of functionality and reach, Berrutti and ...

AMP cuts super fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... implementation of the reforms. The fee cuts will be applied to MySuper, choice and cash and term deposit products from February, with 500,000 members set to benefit. From January 31, the investment fee on AMP's generic MySuper lifecycle options from ...

Last stand for grandfathered commissions falls over

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... understandably limited if not eliminated our options." Johnston told supporters that the ARC Fund would be wound up by the end of February and that the AIOFP would limit the continuing administration and trustee fees to try and maximise any ex gratia ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... last year while the weighted median stood at 1.3%. Nonetheless, Business Insider reports: "Market expectations for a February rate cut have decreased to only 10% after the inflation data, from around 25% yesterday," because "[It] is pretty much in line ...

Latest FASEA exam results in

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... which knowledge areas they need to improve to enhance their ability to pass at a future sitting." Registrations for the February exam are open until 31 January 2020 with more than 2200 advisers already enrolled to sit that exam. Registrations are now ...

VanEck launches first active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... fees. The VanEck Emerging Income Opportunities Active ETF (Managed Fund) (ASX: EBND) is expected to list on the ASX in February. The ETF will hold a portfolio of EM debt securities, denominated in their local currency as well as US dollars. It is targeting ...