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Diversa culls more products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... Super, and max Super Fund. All members in the LAMS, MAP Super and max Super Fund products will be moved into the Smartsave sub-plan by way of an intra-fund transfer on June 30. In notifying members of the closures, Diversa said: "Over the last few years ...

Twiggy Forrest spends $31m on Australian Agricultural Company

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
The Australian billionaire's family office Tattarang recently purchased $31 million worth of AAC shares, increasing his voting notice in the company substantially. Interestingly, the purchase was not the first acquisition of Australian agricultural ...

ClearView consolidates super, pension plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... pension offering. The transfer occurred on May 19 and saw all ClearView Superannuation and Roll-Overs and ClearView Pension Plan members transferred to the ClearView WealthFoundations Super and Pension product. With that, the ClearView Superannuation ...

JBWere seals strategic alliance with Lombard Odier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... relationship. The two have come together based on their values and relationship-based approach to wealth management, they said. "They plan to continue to collaborate to bring the latest thinking, research and investment advice to enhance their clients' ...

SEC proposes new disclosure for ESG funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a disclosure regime for ESG-related funds and advisers that would see funds broken down into three categories of strategies. The proposed changes would see three broad categories for ESG strategies ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... longer run." Also, in an unusual step, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell directly also addressed the US on the central banks plan to tame inflation in a post-meeting news conference. GSFM investment strategist Stephen Miller said Powell's comments ...

Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... luxury expenditure." "That's what happened during the COVID period when the Liberal government had no control or monitoring plan on who was granted early access to super savings. "This portion of the population will then fall back on public pension which ...

Westpac offloads BT super funds to Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... next year; the agreement does not include superannuation held on the Panorama or Asgard platforms. The Westpac Group Super Plan is included in the deal which will see a total of $37.8 billion in funds transferred. The merged fund will manage more than ...

HESTA opposes AGL demerger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... members' best interests. HESTA said it has engaged with AGL and decided to vote against the demerger. "After reviewing the plan, we remain unconvinced that the overall demerger plan would sufficiently accelerate decarbonisation to meet Paris-aligned ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
As interest rates rise and inflation grows, some are lamenting a possible knowledge and experience gap in the industry, with a considerable number of financial advisers having only ever known a low inflation environment. At its May meeting, the Reserve ...