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Australian Unity restructures for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
Australian Unity streamlined its business, including changes to management, as part of a transformation program to capitalise on its growth and to better meet customer needs. The company has created three individual divisions focused on the needs of ...

Equity Trustees enters $5.2bn super fund merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
Equity Trustees is entering a partnership to facilitate a $5.2 billion superannuation fund merger. Under the terms of the partnership, and subject to approval from the two funds' respective trustee boards, EQT's The Executive Superannuation Fund and ...

Suncorp appoints new wealth and life intermediaries head in executive reshuffle

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
Suncorp has named a new head of wealth and life intermediaries. Dan Waller, who has been acting head since June, has now been appointed permanently to the role. He has more than 28 years' experience in the financial services industry, joining Asteron ...

Asset managers tested, remain optimistic: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
Following years of high profit margins and revenues rising parallel to AUM growth, majority of asset managers remain undeterred about the radical changes sweeping the industry, latest research shows. About 78% of global asset managers canvassed in State ...

BT Financial Group merges wealth businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
BT Financial Group has consolidated its financial advice and private wealth divisions, removing the general manager of advice role. BTFG's existing client-facing advice and private wealth businesses will now work together as the newly created Advice ...

Super consultant appoints new head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
The managing director of an independent superannuation consultant and technology firm is stepping down and will be replaced by a co-founder. QMV's Michael Quinn will step down from the role he's held since 2014, with Mark Vaughan named as his successor. ...

Pensioners to pay less at industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
One of Australia's largest superannuation funds cut administration fees across all its pension products as of 30 September. Sunsuper members with an income account will now pay $1 less per week, with the $46 billion fund dropping weekly pension fees ...

Merger leads to fee cuts at Equip Super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
Equip said its merger in July this year has enabled the $14 billion super fund to cut administration fees and drop buy-sell spreads on investment transactions. The merger with the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund, Equip continued, has provided sufficient ...

Regulatory costs unsustainable: FPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... Australian financial system, the FPA raised concerns over the ever changing regulatory demands that's forcing some advisers to merge or sell their practices. Depending on the scale of an adviser's business, the cost of complying with the "unsettled regulatory ...

SPIVA again scores active versus passive debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
The widely-used SPIVA scorecard, prepared semi-annually by S&P Dow Jones Indices, once again suggests the majority of Australian active managers underperformed their respective benchmarks over the 12 months to 30 June 2017. Describing itself as the ...