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Platform provider divests advice firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
An ASX-listed platform provider has sold its 50% equity holding in a Queensland-based financial planning practice. Xplore Wealth has divested its holding in McGregor Wealth Management, signing an agreement to transfer its shareholding back to an entity ...

Super funds hard to engage with: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
About 67% of superannuation fund members who attempted to engage their super fund in the last 12 months gave up, according to new research. New insights from the Investment Trends Super Fund Member Sentiment and Communications Report shows 67% of super ...

Passing Protecting Your Super costs should be fair: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... matter how small the amount. If members change super funds part way through the year, APRA expects that a trustee will endeavour to refund the excess fees no later than three months after leaving the fund. As for insurance within inactive accounts, APRA ...

AFCA seeks to strengthen leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) is recruiting for a number of newly-created senior roles. Chief ombudsman and chief executive David Locke will appoint a deputy chief ombudsman and general counsel. The new leadership roles will be ...

Pension fund acquires telco

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
The Universities Superannuation Scheme, a UK pension scheme with over £50 billion under management, is acquiring a large telecommunications company. KCOM has agreed to a £504 million cash takeover that would see the Universities Superannuation Scheme ...

Tribeca portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
Tribeca Investment Management's Jun Bei Liu is now the sole portfolio manager for the Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund after her co-portfolio manager stepped down. Sean Fenton has left the firm after 14 years, the boutique said in a statement Responsibility ...

Federal Court shuts down Linchpin and Endeavour Securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
ASIC has helped put Endeavour Securities and Linchpin Capital Group into liquidation. The Federal Court also ordered the registered scheme operated by Endeavour and the unregistered scheme operated by Linchpin - both called the Investport Income Opportunity ...

EQT hires risk and superannuation strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... financial analyst before moving to a managerial role in September 2016. Prior to APRA he held a management position at the Endeavour Foundation. The ASX-listed firm recently appointed Sue Everingham as a director to the Equity Trustees Superannuation ...

Rainmaker Group acquires Money magazine

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
Rainmaker Group has acquired Money magazine from Bauer Media. Rainmaker Group confirmed today its transaction with Bauer to acquire the iconic Australian title is complete. Money will become Rainmaker's key consumer title under its media division ...

BTFG restructure sees corporate super lead exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
The head of corporate superannuation at BT Financial Group will depart following a strategic review. BT Financial Group has confirmed to Financial Standard it will merge its superannuation distribution teams "to maximise the expertise across all BT ...