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APRA identifies NESS Super board deficiencies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
APRA has told the $1 billion super fund to improve its governance after a review found deficiencies with its board. The directions follow a review of NESS Super's governance and an independent review conducted by NESS which identified skill gaps ...

ASIC outlines cybersecurity expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
Following on from RI Advice's Federal Court loss, the corporate regulator has laid out its expectations of licensees when it comes to cybersecurity. Just last week, in what was an Australian-first, the Federal Court found RI Advice failed its obligations ...

Northern Trust adds to local leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
Northern Trust has a new head of asset servicing operations for Australia, effective this month. Robert Poulter has taken on the role, promoted from the position of practice lead, payment operations. The role was previously held by Leon Stavrou who ...

IFM takes majority stake in Render Networks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
IFM Investors' private equity growth fund has spent $40 million to acquire a majority stake in construction management platform Render Networks. The growth funds investment in Render Networks keeps with its strategy to accelerate the growth of mid-market ...

AIST proposes crisis preparedness standards to APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has acknowledged the difficulty of implementing industry-wide rulesets and has released its future crisis contingency planning recommendations to APRA. In its submission, the AIST said the balance ...

ETF Securities to win Australian crypto ETF race

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
ETF Securities is claiming to have won the race to launch Australia's first bitcoin and ether ETFs. Cosmos Asset Management, 3iQ and other companies have jockeyed with ETF Securities to list first, but the latter has said it's ended the multi-year contest ...

Advice firms struggle to make most of socials

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
A recent survey by BT found just 37% of financial advisers have received referrals via social media in the last 12 months. Earlier this year BT conducted a three-part webinar series on social media, with the majority of advisers in attendance using ...

Managed accounts drive profit, revenue surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2022
Financial advice firms using managed accounts for the last three years have seen almost 80% more profit per owner than those without, new research shows. Latest insights from Praemium and Business Health show practices using managed accounts achieved ...

AMG Super hires to distribution team

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
AMG Super has appointed the former head of distribution at Powerwrap to a business development role. Richard Carr is joining the super fund as a business development manager, based in Melbourne. In this role, he will oversee distribution in Victoria ...

Australian Retirement Trust confirms new HQ

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
Australian Retirement Trust has secured a new headquarters at 266 George St, Brisbane Square. From late 2022, Australian Retirement Trust will occupy the top floors of the building owned by Charter Hall's Brisbane Square Wholesale Fund (BSWF) and the ...