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Greater scrutiny of choice products needed: Scheerlinck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
On the opening day of its annual ASI Conference, and in light of the APRA performance test results, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' Eva Scheerlinck has expressed concern about the number of Australians that remain unaware their ...

HESTA defines perfect merger partner

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... appointments in recent months to bring this plan to life. Jeff Brunton joined as head of portfolio management, Kim Farrant as general manager responsible investment and Stephen Howard as general manager, defensives. Chris Lye also joined as investment ...

Life insurer wins RAC mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... right thing," he said. RAC has 1.2 million members and will access NobleOak's products from late 2021. RAC insurance general manager of product sales Damien Van Pelt said RAC is a purpose-led organisation that strives to to deliver great services ...

Retail funds to benefit from YFYS test changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... No. 3 (20bps) and Australian Ethical's $1.9 billion balanced fund (17bps). These are followed by Russell Master Trust general division and Asgard employee MySuper ((15bps improvement each), Prime Super and Colonial First State FirstChoice Superannuation ...

Industry steps up for Lifeline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
Some financial services heavyweights have thrown their support behind Lifeline, as the pandemic, lockdowns and economic uncertainty sees mental health services stretched. Janus Henderson head of retail distribution Jordan Tang organised Berry Motorfair ...

No all-male boards in ASX 200

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
For the first time ever, there are now no all-male boards within Australia's top 200 companies. The milestone comes as the final two companies with all-male boards, both mining companies, appointed female non-executive directors to their boards this ...

Madison delivers for Clime one year on

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... leadership team recently ousted former interim chief executive and non-executive director Neil Schafer at an extraordinary general meeting. Schafer told Financial Standard at the time: "My real concern is that shareholders are not fully informed about ...

Link profit slips

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... revenue in FY21 equating to 31% of group revenue. The division benefited from the increased demand for virtual annual general meetings. Operating EBIT was down 21% to $141 million and operating NPATA of $113 million for FY21, which included a $32.7 million ...

BNZ chief executive moves back to NAB

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... services Dan Huggins will take over from Mentis. He joined BNZ 18 months ago from Commonwealth Bank where he was executive general manager home buying. Huggins was previously an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company and operations manager phone banking ...

AFMA names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... market risk and business risk review at Barclays (London); and executive direct at EY and then chief operating officer and general manager of financial markets at Anglo Irish Bank (Dublin). Harper takes over from David Lynch, who is retiring from AFMA ...