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Alphinity hires from Citi

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... partner to us at Alphinity Global since we launched our funds over six years ago. We are looking forward to him making a major contribution to our co-portfolio manager model," Alphinity global portfolio manager Jonas Palmqvist said. Alphinity is supported ...

Sequoia makes three appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... cashflow positive, profitable, and merging them into the group. "Sequoia's Wealth division will continue to grow as the major banks exit financial advice and advisers seek a licensee that can pro-actively assist them to maximise business opportunities ...

ASIC considering more action on Sterling collapse

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services on February 11, ASIC chair John Longo confirmed that two major recommendations are under consideration. The first recommendation involves ASIC commencing legal proceedings against current ...

Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... principles that the government abandoned. "It was profoundly disappointing that the government indulged crony capitalists and the major business lobbies at the expense of respect for property rights, the freedom to contract and the right to confidential ...

Advisers can step up to retirement planning boom

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... advice specialists. This is according to SuperEd chair Jeremy Duffield, who predicts that retirement planning will be a major focus of the 2022 Quality of Advice Review. Advisers are said to be in the empathy business as much as in the finance business ...

ASX chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... experiencing several hurdles, such as failing to cope with trading volumes at the start of the global pandemic. It also suffered major technical glitches during the ordinary course of trading, leading to an ASIC investigation and the imposition of licence ...

Economics Committee to examine rainy day funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... (Supervision) Act 1993. The hearing, scheduled for February 10, is part of the committee's ongoing review of the four major banks and other financial institutions. Representatives from APRA, ASIC, Treasury and the University of New South Wales have ...

Super baby bonus proposed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is proposing a $5000 superannuation baby bonus be introduced, as the industry also calls for the government to prioritise the removal of the $450 threshold as parliamentary sitting resumes. ...

LGIA upgrades anti-money laundering tech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... Suncorp's superannuation business later this year, which will take the fund to $30 billion in member savings. "Amidst a major expansion of our business, we felt the time was right to review our AML defences and it was clear that we needed to upgrade ...

Magellan shuns turnaround companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... rate of return on your money." Magellan shareholders suffered a tumultuous December quarter, fearing what the loss of a major mandate and troubles at the executive level meant for their investments. UK wealth manager St James' Place eroded funds ...