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Super ASX dominance trends down: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
Despite being among the prime targets of the government's recently launched inquiry into common ownership, new analysis from Rainmaker Information finds the share of the ASX held by superannuation funds is actually falling. In 2019, Rainmaker predicted ...

Booming market for financial services jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
According to Kaizen Recruitment, which specialises in financial services, lockdowns have not cooled a hot job market for finance professionals. The recruitment firm said positive momentum from the first quarter of 2021 only accelerated into the second ...

Conditional release for former Hillross adviser

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
A former financial adviser has received a conditional release without conviction for a period of two years after pleading guilty to false document charges. Wael Kourieh, who was an authorised representative of Hillross between 2010 and 2016, pleaded ...

Active Super rejigs MySuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
Active Super has changed the structure of its lifecycle MySuper product to derisk members slower than before, while also renaming two Choice options. Active Super's lifecyle MySuper product currently divides members into four stages: High Growth ...

Top franked stock picks: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
Morningstar has released a list of 10 franked income stocks from its Australian and New Zealand coverage which pay very attractive dividends. "The Reserve Bank of Australia's indication that its target cash rate won't increase until at least ...

Super fund member meetings under the spotlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
Superannuation funds need to lift their game when it comes to annual member meetings as ASIC found that many should be giving members a better opportunity to have their voices heard. While the the corporate regulator did not identify significant failures ...

BNK partners with Goldman Sachs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
The ASX-listed BNK will originate, fund and securitise specialist mortgages with Goldman Sachs. The two have signed a binding definitive agreement for an uncommitted $500 million residential mortgage warehouse funded by Goldman Sachs. BNK will act as ...

Clime wants director removed

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
The chair of Clime Investment Management and one of its shareholders are calling for the removal of long-serving executive Neil Schafer. Clime has scheduled an extraordinary general meeting on August 6, putting forth a resolution to shareholders to ...

Financial Masterplan advisers banned

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
ASIC banned two Gold Coast-based financial advisers for five years after they were found to have placed clients in inappropriate superannuation and insurance products. The corporate regulator believes Trent Allan and Fabrizio Urrutia were not adequately ...

Retail fund tops MySuper tables for FY21

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
In a year the average fund posted over 18% in returns, CommBank's Essential Super was the top one-year performer. Essential Super Employer - Lifestage 1980-84 returned 26.5% in the year ending June, according to Rainmaker's performance tables ...