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AFCA complaints surge in FY24

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) received a record number of complaints in the 2024 financial year, jumping 9% to more than 105,000. Preliminary numbers show scam-related complaints drove the surge, together with motor vehicle insurance ...

Russell Investments default option returns up to 12.3%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024
Russell Investments' default lifecycle investment option, GoalTracker, posted returns ranging from 9.2% to 12.3% last financial year. Since its inception in March 2020, GoalTracker has delivered average annual returns of 8.3%-11.3%. Russell Investments ...

The four Ds to watch in the decades to come: La Trobe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... are tapping listed markets to raise capital. According to EY, globally there was a 12% decrease in the number of initial product offerings (IPOs) in the first half of this year and a 16% drop in proceeds raised year-on-year. This follows a decrease in ...

CareSuper, Spirit Super take final steps towards merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
CareSuper and Spirit Super will merge on November 1, with the new executive lineup and new name confirmed. The merged fund, which will retain the CareSuper name, will be home to some 572,000 members and $52 billion in funds under management. "While ...

IFM, ASX-listed firms bet on renewable fuels

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
IFM Investors has partnered with ASX-listed firms GrainCorp and Ampol in a bid to establish the country's fledgling renewable fuels industry. The three organisations committed in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today to help reduce emissions ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
The fund's Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) option returned a dismal -15.96% in FY24, but chief investment officer John Pearce says the growth themes remain intact, adding it's on a more solid footing than in FY21 when returns soared ...

TAL appoints chief executive, individual life

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
... in the insurance sector, TAL said Teichner has a proven track record working across different metrics, organising the product development and management, as well as underwriting, pricing and data analytics. The "forward-thinking" executive has "a strong ...

New mandates boost Clime FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
Clime Investment Management won two mandates collectively worth $300 million, one of which came from Clearwater Portfolio Management. Clearwater Portfolio Management handed Clime $240 million to help manage the funds on behalf of Victorian financial ...

Resolution Life Australasia adds to partnerships, product team

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
Resolution Life Australasia has appointed Dean Mulheron to the role of chief product and marketing officer, supported by the new head of marketing and partnerships, Nathan Taggart. Mulheron, who joined the company almost three years ago as its chapter ...

AMP product chief jumps to Perpetual

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
Perpetual has a new global head of product to replace Annie Rozenauers, who departed a couple of weeks ago. Rozenauers - who served as global product governance within the asset management business for ten years - has all but retired from the industry ...