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Stanford Brown hires Deloitte director, acquires firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... to build the unit. At the same time, Stanford Brown has also kept an eye out for advice practices up for sale, and in December announced the acquisition of one such firm from Godfrey Penbroke. World Square Financial Services was founded by former NAB ...

Regulator clamps down on misleading ESG fund names

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... trusts) included the terms ESG, clean, environmental, impact, responsible, social, or sustainable in their names as of 31 December 2007. At 31 December 2019, that number sat at 291.

Coronavirus no match for Future Fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... fact that the fund sees risk is rising, thus underlining the importance of a diversified portfolio. According to its December 31 portfolio update - its most recent - more than 29% of the fund's assets are allocated to overseas equity markets, with ...

Spitfire loses top executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... officer within months of them joining the platform provider. Former chief executive John Shuttleworth left the business in December last year after being appointed to the top role only two months prior. Former chief product officer Anil Sagaram has also ...

Industry fund winds up infrastructure option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... option has not achieved the necessary scale required to deliver long-term cost and performance benefits to members. At December end, the unlisted infrastructure option had $3 million in funds under management, according to Rainmaker data. Media Super ...

Pinnacle boutique eyes wholesale market

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... airports, ports, renewable energy and social infrastructure. It delivered total return of 12.7% per annum, over five years to December end. Of this, 8.9% is gross annualised income. Its usual investor base includes superannuation funds, charitable foundations ...

Colonial First State cuts fees, closes legacy options

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... reductions. CFS trimmed platform fees in June last year, followed by starting the removal of grandfathered fees announced in December. So far, it has cut fees for 770,000 members, it said today. CFS general manager of marketing and product Kelly Power ...

IOOF restructures leadership team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... last year, which was said to be finalised when the firm appointed a new chief financial officer and general counsel in December. However, the firm's latest string of senior leadership changes appear to be in response to its acquisition of ANZ's Pension ...

Cbus overhauls insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... claim process," the fund said. Cbus is home to more than 761,000 members and $52 billion in funds under management. In December 2019, Cbus said half of all its members have less than $27,000 in their account.

TAL loses super fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... superannuation in ASX listed shares and more than 150 wholesale funds. It merged with AMG Super in November 2018. In December, TAL was cut as group insurer for TelstraSuper after 13 years.