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Final QAR reforms open door to super funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... into complex answers. It may not make sense for them to pay for comprehensive advice, but their needs are not served by general advice, and we want all our members to benefit from the right advice as they transition to retirement." Also welcoming the ...

ASIC curbs high-risk offers from online trading providers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... retail investors and their wealth with robust safeguards and encourage improved financial literacy and education for the general public to support good investor outcomes." "The industry has a responsibility to support investors to understand the risk ...

Perpetual explores split following review

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... three sizable and high-quality businesses, allowing it to evaluate additional strategic options. At its recent annual general meeting, Perpetual said it remains entirely focused on successful execution, driving organic growth, leveraging its brand, client ...

VFMC selects new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... Indigenous Tourism Australia. In her executive career, Gay held several senior roles within financial services, most notably as general counsel and managing director for Goldman Sachs Australia and JBWere & Son, where she spent two decades.

Interest rates on hold as RBA pauses

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... dovish outcome that auger well for AUD rates but less so for the Australia dollar," Evans said. "It also contrasts with the general tone from the RBNZ last week and could fuel further downside in the AUDNZD cross." Elsewhere, HSBC chief economist Australia ...

HNWs require specialist expertise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
To better serve high-net-worth (HNW) clients, financial advisers require a broader range of specialist expertise to meet their complex needs, according to HUB24. HUB24's latest whitepaper, Directing the matrix: meeting the needs of high-net-worth clients ...

Changing retirement landscape needs regulatory framework: Actuaries Institute

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... would provide an additional two pillars to our existing three-pillar system," said Gale. "People are also often after some general guidance about retirement planning rather than comprehensive financial advice, which can be hard to get and expensive. ...

New Zealand sovereign wealth fund appoints acting chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... superannuation has appointed an acting chief executive for sovereign wealth fund, the New Zealand Super Fund. Paula Steed, general manager of strategy and shared services, will step in as acting chief executive of the $65 billion fund, succeeding Matt ...

AMP adds to board

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023
... Government Solicitor, Trinity College, and the University of Melbourne, to name a few. She also held the role of group general manager of global shared services at ANZ for a little over four years and, before that, spent almost two years as chief executive ...

Former Schroders executive enters VC space

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
Industry veteran Graeme Mather has joined Antler, the early-stage venture capital investor, as a global partner. In his new role, he will help the venture capitalist deepen ties with large asset managers in the Asia Pacific and look at boosting super ...