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Workers being offered nothing: Keating

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia annual conference opened with the creator of super, former Prime Minister Paul Keating, alleging the government is swindling workers. Discussing the suggestion that the current government may forgo ...

Executive shuffle at Macquarie Group

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
Macquarie Group has announced a new head of its asset management business and bank as long-time executives step down. Announced as part of Macquarie's results today, Martin Stanley will be stepping down as group head of Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) ...

Ian Macoun sells $83m of Pinnacle shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
Pinnacle's Ian Macoun sold $83 million worth of PNI shares yesterday, as the stock headed towards an all-time high after a strong first half result. Macoun's sale of PNI shares constituted 4.8% of the total stock on issue. The nine-million share ...

Antares promotes on equities team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
MLC Asset Management's Antares Equities business has promoted a senior analyst to deputy portfolio manager on an ex-20 Australian equities fund. Winston Chong joined Antares' equities team in November 2019, after working at Gandel family office. ...

Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
Talk about perfect timing. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) disappointing update on the state of employment in America couldn't have come at a more opportune time - the time when fresh president of the US, Joe Biden, is bidding the Congress ...

APRA commends super funds on tough year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
The prudential regulator had mostly positive things to say around Australia's superannuation industry last year as it released its annual review. The APRA 2020 Year in Review highlighted the difficult circumstances faced by those under its watch, with ...

CFA Institute offers free exam deferral

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
The CFA Institute is allowing all candidates registered for the Level I exam in February to defer to later in the year for free and without providing a reason. "While we remain confident that most locations will successfully administer February Level ...

Future Super, Verve accused of misleading members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has accused Future Super and Verve of misleading consumers who are unlikely to understand the funds' relationship to Diversa Trustees. During questioning, Liberal MP and committee chair ...

Australians Googling for advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
Online searches for 'financial advice' by Australians increased by 18% last year to 14,800 in average monthly searches compared to 2019, according to Allan Gray research on search and engagement trends. Average monthly searches for 'financial advice' ...

HUB24 completes Paragem sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
HUB24 has confirmed the completion of the sale of Paragem to a subsidiary Easton and announced a new member of the Easton board. HUB24 confirmed the completion of the Paragem sale to the ASX saying it has now received the 3.3 million Easton shares issued ...