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Industry fund eyes KiwiSaver accounts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... vulnerable when engaging with our services and we cannot allow them to be taken advantage of at any cost. Australia and New Zealand have an agreement that allows NewZealanders who permanently settle in Australia, to the transfer their KiwiSaver savings ...

AMP Life awards mandate post acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... 2018 with the completion date set for the second half of 2019. However, it was delayed by an objection raised by the New Zealand central bank in July 2019. The sale has now been processed for $3 billion, $2.5 billion cash and a $500 million equity interest ...

HESTA adds to operations team

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... wealth technology projects. He has also worked previously with travel IT company Amadeus, Your Utilities, and Air New Zealand. Jordan said he was thrilled to contribute to developing new data capabilities for HESTA members. "I'm looking forward to joining ...

ATO allows ERS access to New Zealanders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... with a KiwiSaver account are able to access the ERS scheme if they transfer their funds to an Australian super fund. "New Zealand KiwiSaver accounts are not eligible. However, KiwiSaver amounts transferred to an Australian super fund are eligible to ...

AMP defends hefty remuneration bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... This confidence was apparently not dampened by the recent failure to find a buyer for AMP's wealth business in New Zealand. De Ferrari said AMP has considered a plan B if the sale of AMP Life to Resolution Life does not go through, however he did ...

Global asset manager appoints local insto lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... institutional lead. Aberdeen Standard Investments has appointed Vishal Sharma as institutional director of Australian and New Zealand, as the firm looks to grow its presence in the region. Sharma links with the asset manager from bfinance, where he has ...

MLC Life executive joins AFCA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... customer operations in February 2019 will link with the authority in June. She is also the former chief executive of AIA New Zealand, and has previously worked as a lawyer for ASIC and Clayton Utz. Meanwhile, Gray will join the authority in May after ...

ASIC provides relief around early super access advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... make a submission. Submissions were originally due on April 7. CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the SMSF Association, Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Institute of Public Accountants were all involved ...

Not safe to launch: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... ratings agency Fitch downgrades the Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) ratings of Australia's big four banks and their New Zealand subsidiaries from AA- to A+. Fitch said the new ratings reflect its expectations of "a significant economic shock" in the ...

Sargon trustee businesses sale expected soon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... which own the superannuation trustee business, the corporate trustee business, the responsible entity business and the New Zealand operations. The name of the buyer or the agreed price was not revealed. At the time of acquisitions, Sargon's agreed ...