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Another Diversa offering bites the dust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
Diversa is winding up DIY Master Plan, saying it is in the best interests of members, who will now be transferred to HUB24 Super. Established in 2007, DIY Master Plan is a solution for financial advice groups looking to offer their own superannuation ...

APRA slaps conditions on Diversa

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
The regulator has placed additional conditions on the trustee's RSE licence, flagging serious concerns with Diversa's ability to manage risks and deliver quality outcomes for members. APRA explained that the new conditions are designed to address ...

Mason Stevens grows platform, tech teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
Mason Stevens has added a head of platform and head of technology to its team. Vien Luong and Tracy Southern have both joined the Mason Stevens team, Luong from KCA Business Consulting and Southern from FNZ Group. Luong has worked with Mason Stevens ...

Fraudsters jailed over international crypto scam

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
Four people have been jailed in the UK over a $37 million fraud carried out on an Australian cryptocurrency exchange five years ago. The UK's Crime Prosecution Service (CPS) said Stephen William Boys, Kelly Caton, Jordan Kane Robinson and James Austin-Beddoes ...

Apex Group wins fund admin mandate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
Apex Group has been picked by Capital Prudential to provide fund administration, loan administration and compliance services to one of the non-bank financial institution's offerings. In supporting the Capital Prudential Real Estate Master Trust ...

ASIC takes action against more greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
ASIC has continued its crackdown on greenwashing, having recently fined two more entities over alleged false or misleading statements. Earlier this month, ASIC announced it fined superannuation trustee Diversa Trustees $13,320. Diversa is the issuer ...

MySuper heatmap reveals sub-par products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
The annual MySuper heatmap shows there are six products that had significantly poor performance in relation to the benchmark. EISS Super's MySuper option, Colonial First State FirstChoice Employer Super, BT Super MySuper, Westpac Group Plan MySuper ...

Northern Trust hires from Franklin Templeton

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) has expanded its Melbourne-based team and appointed Matthew Lambert as head of quantitative portfolio management Asia Pacific. Lambert who stepped into the newly created role last month, is responsible for bringing ...

More alpha gains through ops

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
Growth in fund complexity and managing assets in-house has triggered intensive efforts by pension funds to beef up their operational and support functions. JANA principal consultant and head of operational consulting, Jo Leaper, says there is a growing ...

HNWIs remain interested in digital assets: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
Australian high-net-worth investors (HNWI) have continued to take an interest in digital assets this year despite market volatility, according to digital asset manager Matrixport's Private Wealth in Digital Assets Study. The study, commissioned ...