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Australians without advice struggle in pandemic: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
New research has revealed the true value of advice, as the mental and financial wellbeing of Australia's unadvised population suffers from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. Fidelity International's latest Pulse Survey, which gauged the mental and ...

APRA funds can learn from SMSFs: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
Self-managed super funds have the edge over their APRA-regulated counterparts, according to insights from Rice Warner. Rice Warner said SMSFs cater well for retirees as their structures are more sensible and allow retirees to manage their finances properly. ...

Australian Unity rejigs executive lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Australian Unity, as the incumbent David Bryant resigns. Kerr-Smith joined the company in 2017 as the group executive for finance and strategy, after working at Boston Consulting Group and at Macquarie's infrastructure division. Darren Mann, who joined ...

Indigenous foundation teams up with super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
First Nations Foundation (FNF) has launched an online resource to help Indigenous Australians find, manage, and grow their superannuation. The platform has been supported by a number of superannuation funds and financial services providers, including ...

Pinnacle appoints chief financial officer

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... the role, following about five years at the company. During this time, Logan was extensively involved in managing the finance and technology functions of the business, and for several years has been leading Pinnacle's finance and IT functions. Until ...

Favour turns to active management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... sentiment is turning in favour of active investment management. The Natixis Investment Managers survey found that 79% of finance professionals globally and 78% in Australia believe the current market is more favourable to active portfolios. Natixis surveyed ...

Super for women under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
A financial adviser has questioned whether superannuation needs to be tailored to women specifically, as female focussed funds - such as Verve and Fairvine - grow in popularity. Lusher Financial Services adviser Christine Lusher said she does not think ...

Gordon Brothers appoints Aussie executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... grasp of the issues facing that market." Gordon Brothers is the largest appraiser in the world serving the commercial finance industry and maintains valuation practices across North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America and Australia.

Chant West, Zenith agree on acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... owner in Zenith], we have actually added to a chief operating officer, chief financial officer [and to] distribution, finance and IT teams," he said. He said while the 2020 has been tough, the revenues for neither business have "fallen off the cliff". ...

Bank hires new wealth chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... operating model the banking and wealth arm will be responsible for all banking and wealth operations, customer strategy, finance, marketing and digital distribution, with several functions move from centralised teams. Suncorp said the changes are aimed ...