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Not-so-Zuper: Super disruptor folds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... reach sufficient scale, the millennial superannuation fund will close its doors next month. Closed to new members as of March 10, existing Zuper members have now received word that the offering will cease to exist from April 30 - just shy of three years ...

Harvey Kalman to leave Equity Trustees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... with us at Australia's leading trustee company, where he leads the overseas arm of the business," Beasley said in the March 19 email. The change takes effect on July 2. "Given the long and productive relationship Harvey has had with Equity Trustees ...

Chief economist update: What a difference an Australian year makes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... scalps short of the tally recorded last year, it's more than the 13,003,310 total number of employed Australians in March 2020 ("when the recession began"). Even better, additions in full-time employment had been outpacing part-timers since October ...

NZ overhauls regulation of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... host of new requirements introduced and robo-advice now subjected to the same rules as advice delivered in person. From March 15, all providers of financial advice to retail clients must comply with a new regulatory regime, including new licensing requirements ...

Chief economist update: When 6%-plus growth is deemed too low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... this target growth rate at the opening of the fourth session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on March 5. Many a time, China's annual economic growth target had been considered too high/ambitious by economists, international ...

Fund manager COO resigns, chair named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... also welcomes a new chair. Cromwell Property Group's operations chief Jodie Clark is leaving the post at the end of March. Clark has been with the company for over 17 years, starting out as an operations manager and moving on to become transactions ...

Low pass rate for latest FASEA exam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... able to practice as licensed financial advisers. FASEA reported that 2300 advisers have registered for the next sitting in March.

Chief economist update: The do-nothing Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... speculations over the Fed's thoughts and actions, Powell and Co. did what financial markets expected - nothing - at their 16-17 March FOMC meeting. "The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent... ...

Frontier hires from Cbus

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... invaluable exposure to this increasingly important part of portfolio design and management." Pappas starts in the role on March 22. "Having worked closely with Frontier during my time at Cbus I have a good understanding of the capability and culture ...

Westpac merges consumer, business divisions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... of the consumer business, Chris de Bruin. Current chief executive of business Guil Lima will leave Westpac effective 22 March 2021 when the changes come into effect. Lima had been in the role for 15 months. "Mr de Bruin has significant experience running ...