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Adviser cops 10-year sentence

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
A former financial adviser who took more than $10 million from clients to fund his lavish lifestyle will spend the next 10 years in jail. Judge Wraight sentenced Terence Rio Nugara to nine years and 11 months imprisonment at the Victoria County Court ...

Hostplus member experience lead to exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
Hostplus member experience lead Paul Watson has announced his resignation after 12 years with the fund. Watson joined Hostplus in 2011 as executive manager, member and consumer choice. He's held several group executive roles since, before taking ...

Farmers distressed by superannuation tax overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
The National Farmer's Federation (NFF) has voiced strong opposition to the government's draft reforms on tax concessions for superannuation balances over $3 million, signalling potential ramifications for rural communities. The NFF said that ...

Smart beta 'taking over' active management share: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... investment portfolios, a survey shows. According to the latest VanEck Smart Beta Survey, over 80% of financial professionals plan to maintain or increase their smart beta ETF allocations in the coming year. It was also revealed that 63% of participants ...

UniSuper partners to buy Tasmanian timber plantation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
UniSuper and a consortium of European pension funds have acquired a Tasmanian forestry estate from a New Forests managed fund. UniSuper, the UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF), and APG Asset Management N.V (APG) on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ...

Family office executives take investment reins: Ocorian

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
Improved professionalisation has seen a "significant transformation" in the family office sector, with executives increasingly empowered to manage family assets in-house, according to a new study by Ocorian. As part of the study, conducted earlier in ...

GESB debuts first sustainable option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... Australian scheme is now offering members a dedicated ESG option, managed by Pendal. The Sustainable Balanced investment plan was made available to members of GESB Super, West State Super and Retirement Income Allocated Pension members on September 27. ...

AZ NGA acquires stake in $1bn advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
AZ NGA will acquire an undisclosed stake in a Western Australian practice that has $1 billion in funds under advice. The Wealth Designers (TWD) is the latest addition to AZ NGA's stable, joining member firms McKinley Plowman, Wealthwise, and On-Track ...

Super funds offer merger update

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... are more complex and as a result will be merged in the first half of 2024." All members will sit within the CBA Group Super Plan in ART, the update notes. For those members that don't wish to join ART, they will have until October 25 to transfer their ...

Iress completes $52m sale of MFA business to SS&C

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
Iress has finalised the $52 million sale of its Managed Funds Administration (MFA) business to SS&C, while also kicking off the divestment process for its Platforms unit. In August, the financial services software company revealed that SS&C would acquire ...