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Skill shortages hitting advice firms hard

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
... them at a firm, choosing firms with the opportunity to grow as a priority. "The industry still seems to have a focus on general advice and wholesale advice, definitely the growth areas of the industry and that will likely be the case for the foreseeable," ...

Proxy advice reforms defeated

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... overturn the proxy advisor regulations released by the Treasury in December," Nichol Garzon-Mitchell, senior vice president, general counsel at Glass Lewis said. "The new rules were unwarranted and did not promote a healthy system of corporate governance." ...

Hostplus hits members with new fee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... measures in place to create rainy day funds. CareSuper elected to transfer a fee of 0.10% of the fund's assets from its general reserve to a new Trustee Resilience Reserve held by the trustee on 22 December 2021. Today, the House Economics Committee ...

CFS appoints new general manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
Colonial First State has appointed a new general manager to lead its digital and design team. Natalie Gheller joins the $154 billion superannuation and wealth giant from Telstra where she has spent the last nine years in various senior leadership roles ...

FPA reschedules Congress

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia is rescheduling its annual FPA Professionals Congress to November, taking place in-person at the ICC in Sydney. The FPA's flagship event was originally planned for 7-8 April, but following conversations ...

CBA posts strong result, dividend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
Commonwealth Bank reported first half results for 2022 with profit and dividend up significantly on the first half of 2021. The big bank reported statutory NPAT of $4.7 billion, up 26% on 1H21. Cash NPAT was up 23%, also at $4.7 billion. CBA paid a ...

AustralianSuper appoints retirement solutions lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
... where he also was the head of marketing, brand and strategy. Prior to Club Plus, he worked at UK fund manager Legal & General Investment Management, BT Financial Group and IAG.

Class chief exits following takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... currently recruiting for a permanent hire for these two roles. Russell led Class from May 2019 and before that was executive general manager of financial services at REA Group. Prior to REA, he was general manager and interim chief executive of Mortgage ...

MLC Life names head of fund partnerships

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... most recently on the leadership team of an industry super fund. Chris Porter has taken on the role, reporting directly to general manager, fund partnerships Emily Wu. Porter was most recently executive manager of operations at MTAA Super, a role he held ...

Inflation to hit ASX returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
According to new quantitative analysis, higher inflation in Australia is set to have a negative impact for ASX investors. SigTech, a quantitative technology company, provided analysis on how various inflation levels over the past 50 years have impacted ...