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Former Frontier alts head joins Evergreen

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
A former Frontier Advisors executive has landed at a rival asset consultant following a career break. After departing Frontier as head of alternatives, Michiel Swaak has joined Evergreen Consultants as a principal consultant. In the new role, he is ...

E&P Financial advances delisting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
E&P Financial Group will delist from the ASX after shareholders narrowly approved the move at the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM). Some 76.5% of E&P shareholders agreed that the company should delist at the EGM held on November 1. The delisting ...

Retail super funds spend big on advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... third ($172.8m), then the Colonial First State FirstChoice Superannuation Trust ($150.4m), Netwealth's Superannuation Master Fund ($145.5m), and Avanteos' Superannuation Trust ($67.7m), as well as its Encircle Superannuation Fund ($32.9m). Three ...

Queensland-based financial firm loses AFSL

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... previously recommended its clients to invest in the Global Capital Property Fund (in Liquidation) (GCPF) and the Shield Master Fund. GCPF was a flagship fund from United Global Capital (UGC), which is also in liquidation and was ordered to be wound up ...

Institutional outflows ensure mixed quarter for Insignia Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
... today, Insignia Financial reported its total FUMA has hit $319.6 billion, some 2.7% higher than the previous quarter. Its Master Trust (Superannuation) business grew by 2.6% in the quarter, with assets of $130.8 billion. This was attributed to positive ...

Down but not out: Busting defined benefit myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... sustainability. Consequently, many DB funds are looking to de-risk by transferring liabilities to insurers or consolidating into master trusts like Plum or Mercer Super Trust. This helps streamline operations and reduce the burden of managing these legacy ...

eToro acquires Spaceship, sets sights on super sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... returned 19.41% to super members and its Global Index option returned 16.99%. It was originally a sub-plan of the Tidswell Master Superannuation Plan before merging in May. It launched in 2017 and, at the time, had a waitlist of roughly 22,000 members ...

ACCC approves Lendlease, Stockland property deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... competition concerns elsewhere. In an ASX announcement, Lendlease acknowledged the ACCC green light for the sale of its 12 master-planned communities but cautioned that the deal remains subject to conditions precedent, including third-party consents ...

E&P Financial Group seeks to delist

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
The board of E&P Financial Group (EP1) is moving to delist from the ASX, claiming the company is materially undervalued thanks to the barrage of regulatory proceedings and class action litigation it faced in recent years. These issues have sustained ...

Hanson backs Dixon Advisory inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
A public inquiry into the collapse of Dixon Advisory will soon launch after the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) gained support from Senator Pauline Hanson in the senate yesterday. After pounding the pavement for months, the FAAA has successfully ...