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Diverger highlights M&A progress, pipeline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
In reporting its half-year results, Diverger reinforced its commitment to inorganic growth, saying a 13% drop in profits is owed, among other things, to investment in its FY25 strategy. Diverger reported underlying profit of $2.93 million, citing lower ...

HESTA hires from MLC Super for GM role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... high-performing Fund and team, added Forster-Smith. "What drew me to HESTA was the Fund's strong sense of purpose and focus on delivering excellent long-term returns for members. I'm looking forward to collaborating across the Fund to continue ...

HUB24 tops platform rankings

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... scoring 84.7% and Mason Stevens claimed fifth place with a score of 83.3%. "All platforms have particularly sharpened their focus on the investment menu," said Investment Trends director Paul McGivern. The market researcher said managed accounts continue ...

Centrepoint Alliance scoping for scale

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... undertaken during the period to identify potential targets. "When considering potential licensee acquisition targets our focus is on adviser quality, low claims risk, comparable fee structures, realisable synergies, and cultural alignment," Centrepoint ...

ClearView offloads managed investments unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
ClearView will solely focus its efforts on life insurance after flagging that it found a buyer for its managed investments business as it also continues to review the future of its superannuation fund. Human Financial, an investment management and technology ...

NGS Super taps Robeco for major equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... customised to meet the fund's 2030 net zero target and interim 2025 target, Squires said. "We obviously have a very strong focus on our carbon objective, and we have our interim 2025 target of a 35% reduction, which we're well ahead of in terms ...

Regulators sound alarm on cybersecurity, fraud in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... liquidity management practices, Ellis says. Further, the regulator is monitoring fund underperformance. While most of the focus has been on MySuper products, following the Your Future, Your Super review, APRA will be prepared for an iteration of the ...

The unprecedented economic forces shaping the world

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... approach is also applicable to a minority, Shvets says. According to him, a more widely applicable survival strategy is to focus on productivity and secular drivers. This includes product drivers such as technology and the collision of unrelated industries/sectors ...

New front in super wars, stability at risk: Opposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
At the Australian Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference, shadow treasurer Angus Taylor said the stability and certainty of Australia's superannuation system is at risk. The purpose of super is to take pressure off the budget, not supplement ...

Yarra Capital awards admin, custody mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... delighted to appoint Apex Group, whose single-source solution delivers significant cost and resource efficiency - allowing us to focus on researching, identifying and investing in this exciting, high growth segment of the market," he said.