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Super working in favour of all members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
Superannuation is working effectively to support members of all ages, genders and income levels, new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia shows. ASFA's Outcomes: A snapshot of account balances in Australia found members ...

NEOS grows sales teams

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
NEOS Life has established its footprint in the South Australian market with two new hires. Andrew Bridgland joined NEOS in July as a business development manager, representing South Australia and Northern Territory. He was most recently at Asteron ...

Shadforth signs new tech partner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
Shadforth Financial Group has signed a new partner to provide third-party clearing and settlement services. FinClear will now deliver trading, clearing and settlement services to Shadforth, along with its TradeCentre front-end technology. FinClear chief ...

Dealer group buys bank advice arm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
An ASX-listed advice group has paid $3.5 million to acquire the financial planning business of an Australian bank. MyState today announced it has entered into a sale agreement with Fiducian for the acquisition of the bank's retail financial planning ...

Study unveils state with largest superannuation gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
New research reveals the state that has the widest superannuation savings gap between male and female employees, at nearly 40%. The study by Women in Super and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees of large industry superannuation funds ...

Infrastructure gets $100 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
The Government says it will put $100 billion towards key transportation infrastructure over the next decade. It adds $25 billion to last year's Budget commitment to spend $75 billion over 10 years in the area. "This includes $2 billion to help deliver ...

NEOS continues recruitment drive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
NEOS Life continues to expand its workforce, with two senior underwriters and four sales managers. Karlton Andrews is the new senior underwriting risk specialist. He spent more than eight years at Suncorp in a similar role and prior to that held senior ...

IRESS general manager joins advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
The former general manager of tailored solutions at IRESS is now leading a boutique financial advice group. Andrew Wootton has been appointed general manager of FYG Planners, following more than 11 years at IRESS. Bringing more than 30 years' experience ...

Super fund investment chief departs

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
The chief investment officer of a $9 billion superannuation fund has resigned. Ian Lundy leaves Tasplan after more than two years in the role. Lundy started at the Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) as chief investment officer in March 2011 and was instrumental ...

Institutional investors call out climate policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
A collective of Australian institutional investors labelled the Federal Government's proposed $3.5 billion Climate Solutions Package as "more of the same", failing to properly address climate change risks. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) ...