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Mercer appoints first Wealth Pacific chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
... management wing. Marsh McLennan Pacific chief executive David Bryant commented: "Helping our clients reshape investment and retirement outcomes is the core of what we do at Mercer, and we have made significant inroads in expanding our capability in this ...

Rethinking retirement: Focus on spending, not saving

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
AMP general manager of retirement solutions Ben Hillier has emphasised the need to inspire more confidence in individuals approaching retirement. On a panel at a Financial Services Council (FSC) policy briefing on Thursday, Hillier said the predominant ...

Colonial First State chalks up strong super returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... the depth and capability of our new investment team and our ongoing commitment to be Australia's first choice for retirement and investment savings." A spokesperson for CFS attributed the investment manager's partnership with BlackRock in helping ...

AMP adds three group executive roles

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... customers and to advisers." She added the new operational structure supports AMP's focus on being a leading provider of retirement solutions and helping more Australians to meet their financial goals. "The new executives have proved themselves as ...

Westpac closes Specialist Businesses Division

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... established to house the business lines that Westpac deemed to lack sufficient scale, being platforms, superannuation and retirement products, investments, general and life insurance, auto finance, and Westpac Pacific. Jason Yetton was appointed to lead ...

AMP's largest super option yields 9.1% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
... investment option. Aware Super followed suite, delivering a 10.7% return, while UniSuper reported a 10.3% return. Australian Retirement Trust (ART) wasn't far behind, reporting a 10% return for its balanced option. HESTA reported a return of 9.59% ...

Equip Super sets sights on being different

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
... recent years. Since 2017 it's taken on the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund, BOC Super, Toyota Super, Pitcher Retirement Plan and the Dow Australia Superannuation Fund. Commenting further, he said: "We don't have a fixed date for meeting that ...

APRA finalises operational risk prudential standard

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... detrimental impact to the people who rely on them to pay bills, recover from financial loss or support themselves in retirement," he said. "The need for APRA's new standard has been demonstrated by a number of recent operational risk control failures ...

Hostplus tops up mandate, returns 8% to members

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... positive return in FY22, this year its accumulation default comes in behind the likes of AustralianSuper, Australian Retirement Trust, Aware Super, Brighter Super, and Cbus. However, the default option has achieved returns of 10% over three years, 8.55% ...

Trustees lack urgency, strategy on RIC: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
A joint regulatory review finds that superannuation funds are shrugging off the urgency to offer robust retirement income strategies and are failing to integrate this mandate into their business plans. One year since the Retirement Income Covenant took ...