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Payday super to boost retirement savings for millions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
From 1 July 2026 employers will be required to pay their employees' super at the same time as their salary and wages. By transitioning to payday super, the government aims to tackle the average annual $4.7 billion of unpaid super. Unpaid super has ...

MLC Life appoints chief investment officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
MLC Life Insurance has appointed an executive who will take on the dual roles of chief investment officer and deputy chief financial officer. Hiroyuki Endo, who was most recently the general manager of the separate account investment department for ...

Wealth inequality divides Australia: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
Rich Australians who possess $1.9 million on average make up nearly two thirds of total household wealth, a new study finds. A new paper from the Actuaries Institute, Not a level playing field, examined the wealthiest and poorest 20% of the population ...

MA Financial acquires US credit manager

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
The listed fund manager is entering the US credit market through a buyout of New York asset manager Blue Elephant Capital Management (Blue Elephant). MA Financial is paying about $7.5 million for Blue Elephant, which was founded in 2013 and manages ...

JPMorgan acquires First Republic Bank

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
The embattled bank was closed by US regulators and sold to JPMorgan Chase, which will assume all its deposits and most of its assets. Californian authorities, alongside the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), closed the doors to First Republic ...

JPMorgan among banks to bid in First Republic sale

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
JPMorgan Chase, PNC Financial Services Group, and Citizens Financial Group are said to be among those to toss their name in the ring to take over the embattled First Republic Bank. US regulators are rushing to sell First Republic and prevent yet another ...

ClearView appoints chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
The financial services group has appointed Nadine Gooderick to the role, with current managing director Simon Swanson set to retire after a 12-year tenure. Swanson will step down at the end of June, at which time Gooderick, currently the firm's ...

Wendy Norris quits Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
The Future Fund will need to reshuffle its investment team after the sudden resignation of the deputy chief investment officer. Deputy chief investment officer of change and Innovation Wendy Norris has quit Australia's sovereign wealth fund after ...

Venture capital rout rattles advice technology sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
The recent collapses of local financial advice startups Creativemass and TIQK indicate that the freewheeling days of venture capital funding is drawing to an end. Creativemass, a financial services software provider used by the likes of AMP and Bombora ...

Future Fund trumps market averages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
The Future Fund has delivered a positive 1.1% return over the 12 months ending March 2023, surpassing the ASX (0.1%) and S&P500 (-7.7%). Future Fund Board of Guardians chair Peter Costello explained that as central banks, including the Federal Reserve ...