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Frontier hires people and culture lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
A human resources expert with previous experience at AXA, EY and Grant Thornton is Frontier's new head of people and culture. The asset consultant has bid farewell to Margie Hill, who was responsible for people and culture for three years. In doing ...

Adviser numbers fall below 20k

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
The number of authorised financial advisers has officially dipped to 19,922, declining about 11% compared to this time last year. As at June 3, Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register shows that there are currently 2144 active AFSLs. ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
In the words of Frank Sinatra, Australia's now "A-number one, top of the list, head of the heap, king of the hill..." Ol' blue eyes was, of course, singing about the Big Apple (New York) but comparing apples with apples, Australia's on top. ...

BlackRock wins monumental mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
In what is reportedly one of the biggest transfers of retirement savings to date, BlackRock has won the first external investment mandate for two of the largest defined benefit schemes in the UK. BlackRock will be the outsourced chief investment officer ...

Fund administrator eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
A Singapore-based fund administrator will establish full-service operations in Australia as it sees an opportunity in the local market. Ascent Fund Services currently services about US$7 billion in assets. This includes 150 products across six Asia ...

Research on education standards and morals launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
Research that is aiming to determine how formalising educational and ethics requirements impact the moral development of financial advisers is calling for participants. The Western Sydney University is canvassing financial advisers to take part in research ...

Chief economist update: RBA cash rate on ice until 2024

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
Except to reinforce its message that interest rates will remain at record lows "until 2024 at the earliest", the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) June board meeting was largely a ho-hum affair. As expected, the RBA left monetary policy settings ...

Rest hires from QSuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
Rest has appointed a chief financial officer, hiring from QSuper. Kulwant Singh-Pangly will lead Rest's team responsible for financial management and strategy, and taxation. In his most recent role, Singh-Pangly spent nearly eight years at QSuper ...

PEXA to IPO in June

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
Link Group has announced that digital property settlement platform PEXA will list on the ASX towards the end of June after fielding offers from private equity firms. Link has signed an underwriting agreement for the initial public offering of PEXA ...

Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The country hasn't fully opened yet but easing restrictions, increased rate of vaccinations and stronger consumer and business spending combined to speed up the UK's recovery. This is underscored by the latest IHS Markit/CIPS PMI survey. Preliminary ...