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VGI Partners co-founder steps down from board

ANNABELLE DICKSON | FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020

Former VGI Partners co-founder and head of research has resigned from the board on a technicality. Douglas Tynan resigned from his executive position at VGI Partners in June and signaled his intention to stay on the board and remain an investor in the ...

More clarity on life insurance best interest duty needed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020

An Actuaries Institute Taskforce has made sweeping recommendations for broad changes to Australia's retail disability income insurance market, including providing examples of Best Interest Duty in life insurance. The report said ASIC included in ...

BetaShares' Nasdaq ETF surpasses $1bn

ALLY SELBY | FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020

BetaShares' Nasdaq 100 ETF exceeded $1 billion in assets under management at the end of August, a net increase of more than $500 million since the outset of the year. As of the end of August, the ETF had $1.17 billion in AUM. Around $300 million of ...

NowInfinity founders join boutique

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020

... getting that right has a critical impact on peoples' live and the wider economy. I am now focused on building out the tech platform to make the process more widely available," she said. The duo co-founded cloud-based SMSF documentation platform NowInfinity ...

MLC Life restructures, appoints lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020

MLC Life Insurance is combining its group and retail life insurance divisions to better meet client needs, saying the current level of service is not acceptable. The group has also appointed a new executive team to lead the initiative. The life insurer ...

J.P. Morgan rolls out global accounting services

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020

J.P. Morgan has begun moving its Australian customers over to its global accounting system, which will give local clients access to additional services. The move to the new accounting system, FIS' InvestOne, has been a multi-year project and seeks to ...

Masterfund assets decline

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020

... those in Australia and the UK have not and the situation remains very volatile with the previously high flying US NASDAQ tech index diving 10% in the past couple of weeks," the report said.

AMP Capital buys digital infrastructure firm

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020

AMP Capital will acquire a majority stake in a Swedish technology company, adding to its growing infrastructure equity portfolio. AMP Capital will be a majority shareholder in VX Fiber, which provides fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks by partnering ...

Count Financial adds member firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON | WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020

Count Financial has expanded its member network with Sydney-based financial advice firm Small & Gunn joining its licence. Small & Gunn completed the transition to Count Financial in just a six week period after seeking a forward-looking licensee to ...

Liberman firm backs non-bank lender

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020

... Lumi team since inception and it's been very encouraging to see the progress made to date, especially during COVID as tech enabled businesses have been able to capture more market share from traditional businesses. Lumi is very well positioned for ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:01PM

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI | 11:30AM

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 12:13PM

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | 11:50AM

Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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